TEHRAN — Ten teenagers with autism and down syndrome are running a café in northern Tehran, Tasnim news agency reported.

The teenagers are in charge of running the café, called downtism (made up of two words of autism and down which refers to their disorders). The café just opened on Tuesday.

Downtism Café was supposed to be a mobile bus café as announced by Tehran province welfare organization’s deputy chief for rehabilitation affairs Mohammad Reza Asadi on April 25. However, the café is not mobile. 

This is the first time that such a café, run by autistic children and also children with down syndrome, going into business. 

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