Daniel Álvarez Reyes
| Daniel Álvarez Reyes | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Spanish |
| 💼 Occupation | Deafblind activist |
| 🏢 Organization | ONCE, ASOCIDE, WFDB |
| Known for | Vice President of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB, 2001); Honorary President of ASOCIDE; creator of the Dactyls tactile communication system |
| Notable work | "La sordoceguera: una discapacidad singular" (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]
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.[4]
He authored the book La sordoceguera. Un análisis multidisciplinar (ONCE, 2004), a foundational text in Spanish-language research on deafblindness.[5]
Álvarez Reyes is also the creator of the Dactyls tactile communication system, which adapts the manual alphabet and sign language to the palm of the hand, improving communication between deafblind individuals and their interlocutors.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Daniel Alvarez Reyes. Integración: Revista digital sobre discapacidad visual, ISSN 0214-1892, Nº. 14, 1994, págs. 40-48 [1]
- ↑ Juan José Millás. El mundo en sus manos. El País 2008. [2]
- ↑ Juan José Millás. Daniel Álvarez. La vida de un sordociego. [3]
- ↑ World Federation of the Deafblind General Assembly – 1st and founding General Assembly[4]
- ↑ Alvarez Reyes, Gómez Viñas P, Romero Rey E et al. La sordoceguera. Un análisis multidisciplinar. Madrid: ONCE; 2004.[5]
- ↑ Servimedia (2021). Daniel Álvarez, “orgulloso” por la invención de ‘un nuevo idioma’ para las personas sordociegas. [6]
- ↑ Dactyls method of communicatonWestern Oregon University, Perkins Learning Institute Repository. "The Dactyls method"
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