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Daniel Álvarez Reyes | |
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| Occupation | Deafblind activist |
| Organization(s) | ONCE, ASOCIDE, WFDB |
| Known for | Founder of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB, 2001); Honorary President of ASOCIDE; creator of the Dactyls tactile communication system; Anne Sullivan Medal of the Perkins School for the Blind(2007) |
| Notable work | "La sordoceguera: un análisis multidisciplinar" (ONCE, 2004); Dactyls, a new tactile communication system |
Daniel Álvarez Reyes is a Spanish deafblind activist , known for his role in promoting the rights of deafblind people and for defining deafblindness as a distinct disability in Spain and in international contexts.[1] [2][3] [4]
Álvarez Reyes worked for the Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE), developing educational and communication programs for people with deafblindness. He helped establish the Asociación de Personas Sordociegas de España (ASOCIDE), serving as its Honorary President, and was elected Vice President of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB) at its first General Assembly held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2001.[5]
He authored the book La sordoceguera. Un análisis multidisciplinar (ONCE, 2004), a foundational text in Spanish-language research on deafblindness.[6]
Álvarez Reyes is also the creator of Dactyls, a tactile communication system that combines elements of the manual alphabet with adapted tactile signs to enable fluent interaction between deafblind individuals and their communication partners. The method integrates dactylology and tactile sign language into a unified structure designed to provide communication that is as rapid and complete as spoken language.[7][8]
Honors
edit- Honorary President of the Asociación de Personas Sordociegas de España since 2013.[9]
- Vice President of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB), elected at the first General Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand, 2001.[5]
- Anne Sullivan Medal, awarded by the Perkins School for the Blind in 2007 for his outstanding contribution to deafblind education and tactile communication.[10]
- Institutional recognition from FASOCIDE (2018) for his foundational role in Spain's deafblind movement.[11]
References
edit- ↑ Daniel Alvarez Reyes. Integración: Revista digital sobre discapacidad visual, ISSN 0214-1892, Nº. 14, 1994, págs. 40-48
- ↑ Daniel ALvarez Reyes. Comparecencia en la Comisión de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales del Congreso de los Diputados de España. Sesión 38, 10 mayo 2006, 2-8.
- ↑ Juan José Millás. El mundo en sus manos. El País 2008.
- ↑ Juan José Millás. Daniel Álvarez. La vida de un sordociego.
- 1 2 World Federation of the Deafblind General Assembly – 1st and founding General Assembly
- ↑ Alvarez Reyes, Gómez Viñas P, Romero Rey E et al. La sordoceguera. Un análisis multidisciplinar. Madrid: ONCE; 2004.
- ↑ Servimedia (2021). Daniel Álvarez, “orgulloso” por la invención de “un nuevo idioma” para las personas sordociegas.
- ↑ Western Oregon University, Perkins Learning Institute Repository. The Dactyls method.
- ↑ Daniel Alvarez Reyes, Honorary President of ASOCIDE.
- ↑ Perkins School for the Blind – Anne Sullivan Medal Laureates, 2007.
- ↑ FASOCIDE, 2018.
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