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Vietnam: Coffee shop becomes home for mentally disabled children.

Thai Press Reports

| February 18, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Thai News Services. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Section: General News - I still can't believe it is true. It's like a dream, Tam - an old woman said, her eyes shimmering with tears while recalling the very first time her grandson, Nguyen Nhat Trung Anh came out to work as a waiter at a coffee shop.

Tam became speechless trying to talk about her indescribable joy the first time she saw her grandson, suffering from Down's syndrome, carry a tray of drinks to a customer and not forgetting to say please have a drink, uncle.

Just like other workmates who have mental disabilities such as Down's syndrome and autism, Trung Anh was taught to communicate and practiced what he has learnt by paying waiter service at a coffee …

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