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(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 17 – “Flying past sight, vacation spot for inclusion“: that is the pilot challenge for the employment inclusion of blind and visually impaired individuals within the airport dealing with sector introduced at the moment in Rome, within the presence of the Minister for Incapacity Alessandra Locatelli.
The initiative – which arises from the collaboration between Uici, the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired, and Swissport – will launch with the beginning of the 2024 summer time season at Fiumicino airport. For the “first time” in Italy, visually impaired individuals will likely be employed in floor help actions for passengers. Following the coaching course, from July the primary two individuals will start working within the “Misplaced & Discovered” sector for the search and return of misplaced baggage on the Rome airport, the place Swissport manages over 50% of flights and offers help to land to 35 airways, together with Ita Airways. The beginning of the experimentation includes an preliminary seasonal project. The target is “to put the foundations for a pilot challenge which, along with Fiumicino, will be prolonged to Milan Linate and the opposite airports during which Swissport operates, in addition to defining a greatest follow that may be replicated in airports world wide”. “Right this moment there are greater than 30 million blind and partially sighted individuals in Europe and 1 million 500 thousand in Italy, with an unemployment fee that’s nonetheless worrying. With satisfactory coaching, nevertheless, visible impairment doesn’t preclude nearly all of job paths. Creating satisfactory alternatives and eradicating prejudices is simply one of many features that Uici works on each day”, underline Uici and Swissport.
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