On 21st and 22nd May the FASOCIDE General Assembly 2019 took place in Madrid. As every year, the participants were informed about the balance of expenses and incomes in 2018 and the 2019 budget. After that, all participants told a brief summary about all the activities done in 2018 by FASOCIDE and by its associations. They also talked about important...

On the 7th of May, a workshop to rise awareness about deafblindness organized by ONCE and FASOCIDE took place in Mallorca. Our colleague Rosada Rodrigo attended this event representing our federation. Furthermore, Josep Vilaseca, territorial delegate of ONCE Illes Balears; Alejandra Luque, head of the Department of Social Services; Mari Carmen Soler, president of the Territorial Council; Eugenio Romero, head...

We attended the event about “people with disability on the Agenda 2030” which took place at the Palacio de la Moncloa, last 20th April. Francisco Trigueros Molina, president of FASOCIDE and Marina Martín, representative of the Deafblind Women Committee of the federation, attended this event scorted by our guide-interperters who made it accessible. It was a very productive event, in...

For the first time, a Deafblind person will chair a polling station. Antonio Acosta, ASOCIDE Canarias president, will chair a polling station on next 28th April. This is the first time that a Deafblind person is elected as chair of a polling station. Thanks to the guide-interpreter service of ASOCIDE Canarias, our partner Antonio will be able to participate on...

FASOCIDE will provide with accessibility to Deafblind People who would like to vote on the occassion of the next General Elections on 28th April. Deafblind people who need an escort service to exercise their right to vote can ask for a guide-interpreter for the 28th April. In order to make the request, Deafblind people can do it as usual by...