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WTKR.COM YOUR NEWSCHANNEL 3 - Cafe Caters To Deaf Patrons
There are just two places in the world where a cafe is a quiet place.
Paris has its own deaf cafe and now so does Madrid. Everything is quiet here. No sounds and no communication problems. Everyone speaks the same language: their voice is their hands.
It is Maria Angeles's first day here. She says that everything is easier for her here.
"Everyone speaks my language and they understand me, I feel at home here," she says.
In another bar calling the waiter is a problem, but here they do it by pressing a light installed in the table. Waiters, cookers, mantre d's - all of them use sign language.
Veronica is a waitress here and she tells us that she feels twice as helpful. Deaf people are forced to make an effort in normal bars and that doesn't happen here; there's no misunderstanding.
However, the aim of this place is not to become a ghetto with exclusive access for the deaf. It is open to those whose understanding goes beyond language as we normally know it.
There are just two places in the world where a cafe is a quiet place.
Paris has its own deaf cafe and now so does Madrid. Everything is quiet here. No sounds and no communication problems. Everyone speaks the same language: their voice is their hands.
It is Maria Angeles's first day here. She says that everything is easier for her here.
"Everyone speaks my language and they understand me, I feel at home here," she says.
In another bar calling the waiter is a problem, but here they do it by pressing a light installed in the table. Waiters, cookers, mantre d's - all of them use sign language.
Veronica is a waitress here and she tells us that she feels twice as helpful. Deaf people are forced to make an effort in normal bars and that doesn't happen here; there's no misunderstanding.
However, the aim of this place is not to become a ghetto with exclusive access for the deaf. It is open to those whose understanding goes beyond language as we normally know it.