More than 25 people among saloneros, tellers, administrators and customer care personnel at the Napoli de Obarrio Restaurant received the first training called "Culture and Disability," as part of the Cultural Accessibility program undertaken by the Office of Equal Opportunities of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura).

During the session, participants received information about different forms of disability, sign-tongue greetings, proper terms and how to address people, who visit the restaurant.

The MiCultura trainers have also shown them about the types of cane that people with visual disabilities use for their counselling and mobility.

Jorge Morales, Director of Equal Opportunities mentioned that "this initiative is part of a program that we are developing and what we are looking for is to secure the participation of people with disabilities in different cultural spaces on an equal footing."

"as a ministry we seek the independence of people in every space, to treat them with respect and not to ignore them," Morales explained.

The manager also noted that "the restaurant Taberne 21 has been through the process, with good results with the menu at Braille."

Also, Morales remarked that "we trained our museum personnel with more guided tours with people with disabilities."

Eduardo Rodriguez, a saloon with 17 years of work at the restaurant, said that "it's the first time that we have been given this teaching and teaching is important, because more and more people with disabilities come and now we know how to use the right words."

The training referred to Act 134 of 31 December 2013, which lays down economic equality for persons with disabilities and lays down the principles of equity, non-discrimination and participation, equal opportunities and respect for personal dignity and human rights.

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