FDUV - DUV

FDUV stands for Förbundet De Utvecklingsstördas Väl (association for the care of persons with intellectual disability).
FDUV is a nationwide interest organisation working on behalf of Swedish-speaking persons with intellectual disability and their close relatives.
FDUV also works for persons with other learning or communication difficulties.

FDUV works in favour of Swedish-speaking persons with intellectual disability
- receiving support in their own mother tongue
- achieving equal status in society
Under the Finnish Constitution, persons with intellectual disability have the same rights as all other Finnish citizens.

FDUV represents eleven regional DUV associations and Steg för Steg (Step by Step), the national association for persons with intellectual disability.
The regional DUV associations are active over the whole area of Swedish-speaking Finland and have in total approximately 2 500 members.
FDUV has offices in Helsinki/Helsingfors and Vaasa/Vasa.

Address to the FDUV offices

FDUV office in Helsingfors
Nordenskiöldsgatan 18 A
FI-00250 Helsingfors, Finland
tel +358 (0)9 43 42 36 0
fax +358 (0)9 40 77 48
e-mail: fduv(a)fduv.fi

FDUV office in Vasa
Handelsesplanaden 20 A
FI-65100 Vasa, Finland
tel +358 (0)6 319 56 50
fax +358 (0)6 319 56 58
e-mail: fduv.vasa(a)fduv.fi