A Chinese entrepreneur, whose mentally impaired son died as
a child, has opened the country's first restaurant staffed by people with
learning difficulties.
Hu Yanping, 41, has hired 12 mentally impaired staff to
work as waiters in the 6,500-square-foot restaurant.
Forrest Gump Restaurant - named after the 1994 Hollywood
movie - opened its doors on Tuesday in Changchun in north east China, according
to People's Daily Online.
The restaurant is staffed with regular workers, who wear
white T-shirts, as well as those with learning difficulties in black T-shirts.
Hu, who refers to the mentally impaired worker as 'my
children' explains her reason behind the colour-coding.
'I don't want to have the children to be any different to
others but for the benefit of the team there needs to be something for us to
distinguish between the workers.'
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