Work

33 articles

The right to work and pathways to employment inclusion for people with disabilities. Experiences, legislation, cooperatives, associations, and the third sector: stories of those who have found in work a place of dignity and belonging.

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Do I Have the Right to Aspire?

Claudia Losa • May 20, 2026

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Living in Poverty

Work and want, desire and duty: Giovanni speaks for himself—and for all of us—in the pages of his diary

Giovanni Grossi • May 12, 2025

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Sprouting from a Dandelion

The DXC Technology company project that involves people on the autism spectrum for hiring neurodivergent personnel

Pietro Vetro • July 19, 2024

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Dreams Like Anyone Else's

Cristina Tersigni • October 7, 2021

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Behind the Scenes of an Hiring

Cristina Tersigni • September 28, 2021

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I Feel Grown-Up

Silvia Freschi • September 28, 2021

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The Square: A Restaurant Where People with Disabilities Learn Independence

Redazione • August 1, 2019

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Horticultural Therapy Comes to Alessandria

Redazione • June 26, 2018

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Café Joyeux: How a French Café Chain Is Changing Lives—and Turning a Profit

Redazione • May 16, 2018

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Disability and Work: A New National Commission Takes Shape

Redazione • April 5, 2018

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Chopin: A Different Kind of Business

The Chopin Project began in 2010 in Villa d'Adda, a small town in the province of Bergamo, born from the commitment, needs, and shared hopes of families with young disabled members and their friends.

Redazione • March 29, 2014

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Different Buds: Floral Art and Disability—The Beauty of a Path Made Possible

Unitalsi launched "Different Buds," a project teaching liturgical floral art to people with disabilities

Redazione • March 29, 2014

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Giorgio's Work, Giorgio's Life

How a young man with a disability found meaning, friendship, and dignity through employment—and what that teaches the rest of us.

Redazione • September 13, 2004

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Cardinal Martini on Work Today

The cardinal condemns work that has ceased to be human, yet speaks with strength and solidarity, urging workers toward unity and participation

Redazione • June 17, 2002

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Work Stories: Who I Could Become — Growing Up With Intellectual Disability

Understanding Enrico Montobbio's vision for young people with Down syndrome in the workplace, and the long-term planning that must precede it

Redazione • March 8, 2002

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The Sunflower Inn

Hungry? This is the place for you: a welcoming restaurant and pizzeria that combines a passion for quality food with social and employment inclusion

Redazione • December 25, 2001

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The Don Lorenzo Milani Center for Solidarity

At Mestre, one of Italy's finest centers for addressing social hardship. We visited to meet the staff and residents who make it work.

Nicole Schulthes • December 25, 2001

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We have always held that meaningful work—suited to a young person's or adult's abilities and aptitudes—is essential to the life of someone with intellectual disability.

Redazione • June 20, 2001

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A Cooperative by the Sea

On a brilliant April day, we traveled to Giulianova to discover and share the story of this small but extraordinary initiative

Redazione • June 20, 2001

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Spazio Aperto: A Social Cooperative at Work

Ten years later, we return to visit the friends of this vital social cooperative. Vittorio Paoli, one of its leaders, tells their story.

Vittorio Paoli • June 17, 2001

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Poems for Francesca

As promised, here are the poems written by Francesca's classmates, who have studied alongside her for three years at the Arnolfo di Cambio – Beato Angelico Middle School in Florence.

Redazione • March 9, 2001