Organisations and service providers
User organisations
Denmark
Foreningen af Danske DøvBlinde (FDDB)
A user organisation working to improve the living conditions of people with combined visual and hearing impairments and deafblindness.
Finland
Soumen Kuurosokeat ry
A knowledge-based advocacy and support organisation for people with combined visual and hearing impairment and deafblindness.
Iceland
Blindrafélagið (Islands Blindeforening)
An association for the blind and people with visual impairments in Iceland.
Fjóla
An association for people with combined visual and hearing impairment and deafblindness in Iceland.
Öryrkjabandalag Íslands (ÖBÍ)
The Icelandic Association for People with Disabilities, which provides social counselling and services to people with disabilities.
Félag heyrnarlausra
The Icelandic Association for the Deaf – an organisation promoting Icelandic sign language and deaf culture.
Greenland
Niik
Umbrella organisation for disability organisations in Greenland.
The Faroe Islands
MEGD
Umbrella organisation for disability organisations in the Faroe Islands.
Norway
Foreningen Norges døvblinde
A merger of the Parents’ Association for Children with Deafblindness and the Norwegian Association for the Deafblind. The association works on behalf of all those with combined visual and hearing impairments and deafblindness.
LSHDB Landsforbundet for syns og hørselshemmede
The National Association for People with Combined Visual and Hearing Impairments/Deafblind People (LSHDB) is a user-led advocacy organisation run by and for people with combined visual and hearing impairments and deafblind people.
Sweden
Förbundet Sveriges Dövblinda (FSDB)
A nationwide organisation comprising regional member associations for people with deafblindness.
Services for people with deafblindness
Denmark
Center for Døvblindhed og Høretab
Nationwide, comprehensive support services for children, young people and adults with hearing loss, deafness and congenital deafblindness, as well as additional disabilities.
CFD
A Danish organisation providing services for people with hearing loss, deafness and deafblindness, as well as other disabilities.
Finland
Kuulonhuoltoliitto
The Finnish Association for Hearing Care. An advocacy and service organisation for people with hearing loss and deafness in Finland.
Suomen kuurosokeat ry (Föreningen Finlands Dövblinda rf)
A knowledge-based advocacy and support organisation for people with combined visual and hearing impairment and deafblindness in Finland.
Iceland
Samskiptamiðstöð heyrnarlausra og heyrnarskertra (Kommunikationscentret for Døve og Hørehæmmede)
The Communication Centre for the Deaf and People with Hearing Impairments. A research, teaching and resource centre that provides sign language interpreting and other services in sign language environments for deaf people, people with hearing impairments and deafblind people, as well as their families.
Greiningar – og ráðgjafarstöð ríkisins (The National Diagnostic Centre)
The National Diagnostic Centre. The Centre aims to contribute to a better quality of life and improve future living conditions for children and young people with cognitive disabilities.
Þjónustu- og þekkingarmiðstöð fyrir blinda, sjónskerta og daufblinda einstaklinga (Competence Centre for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Deafblind)
Competence Centre for the blind, visually impaired and deafblind. A knowledge centre offering habilitation and rehabilitation.
Norway
Nasjonalt kompetansesystem for døvblinde
Coordinator of support and services for people with combined visual and hearing impairments and deafblindness, as well as for their families and local professional networks.
Eikholt Ressurssenter for Døvblindblitte
A resource centre whose main purpose is to provide adaptation courses for people with combined visual and hearing impairments and deafblindness.
Signo
Centre of Excellence for deaf people, people with hearing loss and people with deafblindness.
Statped
A special educational authority with specialist expertise in various areas of disability, including deafblindness.
Sweden
Mo Gård
Mo Gård offers services in the areas of support and care, treatment, education and knowledge support. Its areas of focus are communication and disability.
Nationellt Kunskapscenter för Dövblindfrågor
Everything you need to know about deafblindness in one place.
Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten (SPSM)
The service is aimed at children and young adults with disabilities. The Resource Centre for the Deafblind is a unit within SPSM that caters for children and young people with deafblindness.
Greenland
Det Landsdækkende Handicapcenter, Pissassarfik
Pissassarfik is a nationwide centre for people with disabilities based in Sisimiut. Pissassarfik’s services are aimed at children, young people and adults with disabilities, relatives of people with disabilities, and professionals working in this field.
The Faroe Islands
Tekna
A service that provides sign language tuition.
Sjóndepilin
Sjóndepilin (the Vision Centre) is a centre of expertise that provides services to people with visual impairments. Its advisory services cover the whole of the Faroe Islands.
Åland
Ålands handikappförbund
The Åland Association for People with Disabilities is an umbrella organisation for disability and patient associations. The Association’s remit is to monitor and take action on disability issues, to provide information about disabilities, and to support and assist its member associations.
USA
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
A centre with a clear aim of enabling every person with deafblindness to live and work wherever they wish.
The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
Internationella organisationer
Deafblind International (DbI)
The world association promoting service for deafblind people.
SENSE
A national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind or have sensory impairments.
EDbN
EDbN is a network of people campaigning for greater recognition of deafblindness in Europe and the inclusion of the needs of deafblind people in European society and policy work.
