From FASOCIDE we have launched a Haptic sign that we want to spread as much as possible. This sign will be used in emergency situations, in which a Deafblind person must be notified of a possible evacuation or a similar emergency situation. To be able to notify a Deafblind person in this situation, it has been agreed a sign in...

Thanks to the collaboration project that we started earlier this year with Cruz Roja Spain and TECSOS Foundation to make mobile Telecare accessible to our collective, we had the pleasure of being part of an internal conference organized by Cruz Roja Spain. During this event we had the opportunity to talk about the deafblindness which was a great opportunity to...

Last 27TH October the I Seminar about Deafblindness in Donostia, San Sebastian, took place, which was organized by ASOCIDE Euskadi. The purpose of this seminar was to raise awareness about deafblindness and different topics were discussed, such as: -“Communication systems and deafblind people”, by the president of ASOCIDE CyL and vicepresident of ASOCIDE Nacional, Librada Ruiz. – “Deafblind women” by...

Today is a very sad day for us because our colleague Eva de Andrés passed away. When Eva was 14 years old, she suffered hearing loss and few years later she started having vision problems. Despite this condition, she was always a strong young person, active and sure of being a Deafblind woman. Notwithstanding all her health problems she has...

This report considers the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations and the presentation of the 2030 Agenda and the Objectives of Sustainable development, in which the relevance of an inclusive development is declared, leaving no one behind. Deafblindness represents between the 0.2% and the 2% of the world population. It has not the relevance...