Portugal
Federação Portuguesa das Associações de Surdos (FPAS)
Portuguese Federation of Associations of the Deaf
Established: 1993
Full member of EUD since: 1985
President: Pedro Costa
Vice President: Shaiza Jetha & Mariana Couto
Board Member: Patricia Carmo
Board Member: Claudia Gil
Board Member: Christopher Marto
Board Member: Ivo Pereira
Sign Language: Lingua Gestual Portuguesa
Abbreviation: LGP
Number of Deaf Sign Language Users: 60,000
Number of Working Sign Language Interpreters: 100
Convention: Signature 30 March 2007
Ratificatio: 23 September 2009
Optional Protocol: Signature 30 March 2007
Ratification: 23 September 2009
Praceta Miguel Cláudio, 3-B
2700-585 Amadora
Portugal
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (+351) 214 998 308
Website: www.fpasurdos.pt
