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The Catalan Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Associació Catalana de Cecs i Disminuïts Visuals – ACCDV), with headquarters in Barcelona (Spain), is a non-profit organization, registered in the Registro de Asociaciones de la Conselleria de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya with the number 14,965 and declared of Public Utility by the Ministerio del Interior on December 29, 1997. == History == In 1993, the Catalan Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ACCDV) was formed by a group of people who provided initial support and funding. The reason behind this formation was due to the lack of social integration and basic services for local visually impaired people. The intention of the ACCDV was to offer services, provide a voice about local issues, improve social integration and improve the quality of life for visually impaired people. On February 17, 1994 the ACCDV was recorded in the Direcció General de Dret i d’Entitats Jurídiques del Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya Register with the number 14,965. The ACCDV initially began by mainly offering socio-cultural animation activities with the support of a few volunteers in a private apartment. Due to volunteer participation, the ACCDV was able to extend its areas of work to Personal Services, Cultural Services and Social Services. In 1996, the ACCDV moved to a small office and signed an agreement with the Dirección General de Objeción de Conciencia del Ministerio de Justicia to include conscientious objectors in its activities. The high number of volunteers and objectors involved made it necessary to create specific courses to formalize the training they received. The following year, the Ministeri de l’Interior recognized the ACCDV's task and declared it of Public Utility on December 29. The year after, the Institut Català del Voluntariat of the Generalitat de Catalunya received competency over conscientious objection and reaffirmed its collaboration with the ACCDV, assigning a substantial number of objectors to its activities, with the parallel increase in services offered by the Association. That same year, the ACCDV started to promote scientific research oriented to the solution of visual problems. It also began to raise awareness with the local population in general on the necessity of this research. In 1999, the (Social Studies Classroom ) (Aula d’Estudis Socials – AES) was created with the aim of designing, creating and teaching training courses to volunteers working for the ACCDV and the general public. In 2006, the ACCDV received a significant financial donation from La Caixa and the Pfizer Foundation which enabled it to become a mid-sized organization. It was able to offer more improved services with the incorporation of many professionals, offering more adapted computer classes, a new psychological area, new courses and workshops on braille and new technologies, raising awareness in children, introduction to disabilities, barriers and guide dogs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catalan Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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