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FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) promotes good life, equality and participation for people with intellectual disabilities and others who need support with learning, understanding and communicating. The goal of FAIDD is that all people can live together from an equal footing. The FAIDD headquarters are located in the Malmi district in Helsinki, Finland. FAIDD was founded in 1952. Its most significant financier is Finland's Slot Machine Association (RAY). == Main operating areas == The main operating areas of FAIDD are research, development, personnel training, production of materials, promoting plain-language information and culture, furthering accessible and participatory communication and use of information technology, as well as providing and exchanging information and exercising social influence. FAIDD is a social actor, a centre of knowledge and skills and a forum of cooperation. FAIDD engages in diverse cooperation with people with disabilities and their families and carers, professionals in the field, service providers, organisations, businesses and public authorities. The core operating areas are: * intellectual and developmental disabilities and speech impairments * communication and interactivity * accessibility * learning * accommodation * work All FAIDD activities are based on a commitment to the following values: * respect for human dignity * expertise * reliability * interactivity * accessibility The strategy of FAIDD is focused, for instance, on the following areas: * Protecting and promoting interests – e.g. exercising influence to develop legislation in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. * Raising awareness on the needs and opportunities of the target groups. * Quality services through expertise. * Promoting research. * Promoting accessibility – e.g. promoting access to information by means of plain language material and communications. * Promoting participation, right of self-determination and empowerment in the target group – e.g. influencing attitudes through public and media relations. * Promotion of lifelong learning – e.g. by producing teaching material for the target group in basic and second-degree education. 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「FAIDD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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