National Associations for People with Disabilities

Find out about facilities and organisations for people with disabilities or special learning needs in Portugal...

Portugal has various sports and support groups for people with a range of disabilities.

• Association of the Blind and Weak-Sighted (Associação de Cegos e Amblíopes de Portugal - ACAPO)
  At: Av. D. Carlos I, 126, 9.º andar, 1200-651, Lisbon
  Tel: 213 244 500
  email
• Association for Sport for Mentally Disabled People (Associação Nacional de Desporto para a Deficiência Mental - ANDDEM)
  At: Rua Prof. Angélica Rodrigues, nº 46, Sala 7, 4400-555 Vila Nova De Gaia
  Tel: 227 129 138/9
  Fax: 227 129 143
  email
• Cerebral Palsy/National Sporting Association (Paralisia Cerebral / Associação Nacional de Desporto - PC/AND)
  At: Estrada da Beira, nº 90, 3030-173 Coimbra
• Tel: 239 780 436
  Fax: 239 780 437
  email
• Portuguese League for Sports for Deaf People (Liga Portuguesa de Desporto para Surdos - LPDS)
  Tel: 213 557 244
  Fax: 213 610 504
  email
  
• Portuguese Federation of Sport for the Disabled (Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Deficientes - FPDD)
  At: Rua Pres. Samora Machel, Lte 7, 2675-064 Olival Basto
  Tel: 219 379 950
  email
  
• ePortugal Public Service website with information on the rights of people with disabilities 
  
• National Help Line for the Disabled (Linha Nacional de Apoio à Deficiência)
  Tel: 217 959 545

Other associations

Calibre Audio Books: UK charity, Calibre, supplies audiobooks in English on cassette or disk to visually impaired and disabled people. The free service is available to members (registration can be made via the website). Free postal service is available to anywhere in Europe.

• Calibre Audio
  Tel: + 44 1296 432339
  email

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