On the International Women’s Day, last 8th of March, there were organized some activities commemorating this day all over Spain. The Deafblind Women from the associations of ASOCIDE in the different Autonomous Community make themselves visible and they joined the social claim of the collective of women with or without disability. We Deafblind women are conscious that no matter our...

The World Federation of the Deafblind website is now available in Spanish. On the website you can find all the information regarding Deafblind people globally, their activities, their associations all over the world, and relevant information such as the upcoming Helen Keller World Conferences and the 5th WFDB General Assembly, which will take place in June 2018 in Benidorm. The...

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and we at FASOCIDE would like to show our support to all women, and to Deafblind women in particular. FASOCIDE’s Women’s Committee works with a clear goal: to break down the barriers that Deafblind women have to face in their everyday lives due to their disability. These barriers are further compounded due to the simple...

Last Monday the 19th of February, we attended the presentation of the short film “Caleidoscopio” (Kaleidoscope), in which ASOCIDE Comunidad de Madrid has been involved from the beginning. The film director, Sara Bamba, and the lead actress, Soledad Caltana, both wanted to talk about the gender violence that a Deafblind woman may suffer. It was presented in the section Breaking...