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-(QUIET CHATTER) -(CLINKING AND WHIRRING)
(BELL RINGS)
My name's Dani Fraillon
and I'm the parent of a staff member here at UCAN Cafe
and also one of the founders of the cafe.
And really, the reason why the cafe exists
is because when I asked my son what he wanted to do when he left school,
he said he wanted to work in a cafe
and unfortunately at that point
there wasn't really a cafe that would employ him.
My name's Michelle. I'm the manager for UCAN Cafe.
The cafe opened in August 2011.
Some of the things that I probably have learnt
by working with people with a disability
is that they are capable and they need...
..and they should be challenged every single day.
Don't do that.
-(LAUGHTER) -MAN: What was it?
MAN 2: Are you doing the coffee? I've got a latte.
Before this cafe opened, I didn't think I had a purpose, didn't belong.
I was very depressed, sitting at home all day.
But now I'm here working two days a week.
Not arguing that I'm pretty much
the best coffee in the western suburbs,
but, yeah, I'm probably gonna go to Melbourne soon.
WOMAN: Aren't you the first blind barista? Hadn't we established that?
Yeah, nah, I'm the first blind head barista.
WOMAN: Head barista.
I'm the first blind head barista. Yeah, yeah.
I'd never worked with people with a disability at all.
I've got a hospitality background, I wasn't really sure, but...
And we sort of thought... we would buy a lot of the stuff in
and didn't quite know what the guys would be capable of,
but over that time, the cafe's evolved
that we make everything at the cafe.
All the food as well we prepare on-site and we make it fresh
and we're really proud of that
because all the guys are involved in that.
It's amazing to see how many people say, "Gee! The food's good."
And my view on that and my response is always,
"Well, we don't serve disabled food."
And they sort of look at me, and then they take a step back,
and you can see them thinking, "Oh! That's probably right."
Bellissimo. Bellissimo.