Father calls autistic daughter's candidacy 'a step ahead'

(ANSA) - Rome, February 12 - The father of a 24-year-old autistic woman admitted as a Democratic Party (PD) candidate to Rome's March 6 mayoral primaries said on Friday that his daughter's candidacy aims for a "turnaround" in social welfare for the city.
    "We must avoid isolation," said Maurizio Ferraro, father of Chiara Ferraro.
    "With the primaries a democratic principle is affirmed.
    Regardless of the result, a step ahead has already been achieved".
    Ferraro's father brought about a thousand signatures to PD headquarters on Thursday, requesting a symbolic candidacy for his daughter; however, PD's committee for mayoral candidate Roberto Giachetti and PD Rome Commissioner Matteo Orfini agreed to admit Chiara as an actual candidate.
    She was presented on Friday along with Giachetti and the four other candidates for Rome mayor: Roberto Morassut, Gianfranco Mascia, Stefano Pedica and Domenico Rossi.
    photo: Giachetti (L) and Morassut, the favourites