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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: Rua de S. José, 86-1º, 1150-234 Lisbon
Tel: 213 244 500
Fax: 213 428 518
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 - National Association for Sport for Mobility Disabled People (Associação Nacional de Desporto para Deficientes Motores -ANDDEMOT)
At: Rua João Maria Porto, Encosta da Portela, 2795-637 Carnaxide
Tel: 214 181 746
Fax: 214 181 746 - 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)
At: Av. de Ceuta Sul, Lte 6, loja 3 1300-354, Lisbon
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
Fax: 219 379 959
email
- Citizens’ Portal for the Disabled (Portal do Cidadão com Deficiência)
At: Largo de Rato, 1250-185 Lisbon
Tel: 213 889 883 / 4 - 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 audio books 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.