Introduction

It is not an easy task to summarise in a few pages the broad reality of the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE). This long-standing institution, created almost seventy years ago, was never intended to focus only on assistance and welfare. Indeed, the ONCE has become today a stable, discreet Institution that is close to everyone at all times, offering the most modern specialised social services for people with blindness or severe visual impairment, essential for the welfare of the disabled, a world reference… in short, an active social agent at the heart of society.

However, our success has been the support provided by the Spanish society, which day in day out have been offering a perfect lesson in commitment and fidelity to the cause by acquiring our lottery products, our real economic driving force.

Personal autonomy, educational training, labour and workplace normalisation, universal access for all by means of the implementation of new technologies, and enjoyment of leisure time as an integral part of the individual’s development... These pages provide information on all these issues and much more.

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