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Facebook EMERGENCY RESOLUTION On Professional Deafblind Interpreters/Intervenors and Equal Access to Communication for Persons with Deafblindness in Europe Adopted at the Conference ”Alone We Can Do So Little, Together We Can Do So Much” Which took place in the European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium), 5th of June 2018 Having regard to: – the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons...
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DEAFBLIND PEOPLE MANIFESTO
In the framework of the celebration of the XI Helen Keller World Conference, today, the 27th of June 2018, on the 50th anniversary of Helen Keller’s death, deafblind people from more than 50 countries come together to celebrate the International Day of Deafblind People. To raise awareness, to let society know about us, and to show our needs but also...
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RESOLUTION OF THE 5th WFDB GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ADOPTED ON JUNE 22nd, 2018, Benidorm, Spain.
The 5th WFDB General Assembly, Refers to the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), adopted on December 13th, 2006, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development and its Sustainable development goals(SDG), adopted September 25th, 2015, confirming all human rights as universal and therefore includes persons with deafblindness without limitations, Express concerns that deafblindness is still not...
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HKWC 2018 – “OUR RIGHTS, OUR VOICE; WE LEAD THE WAY”
Benidorm hosted from the 24th to the 26th of June the XI Helen Keller World Conference organised by FASOCIDE and the WFDB (World Federation of the Deafblind). This event joint at the Gran Bali Hotel in Benidorm almost 600 participants, among them there were Deafblind persons, deafblind interpreters, volunteers, professionals on the deafblindness field and assistants for the deafblind people....
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DEAFBLIND PEOPLE ENJOYED DIFFERENT INCLUSIVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES ON THE HKWC AGENDA
Last 23rd of June, on the Helen Keller World Conference Agenda, FASOCIDE and the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB) organised altogether some activities for the Deafblind people who participated in the event so they could enjoy inclusive leisure time activities as well. These 5 activities were organised: Tour to the Castle of Santa Barbara and “Hogueras de San Juan”....
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