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APPACDM de Lisboa

Associação Portuguesa de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão Deficiente Mental de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

DisabilityEmployment & SkillsEducationArts & Culture
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Profile last updated: July 11, 2026

About

APPACDM de Lisboa is a non-profit association based in Lisboa, Portugal working on disability, employment & skills, education +1 more.

APPACDM de Lisboa is a Portuguese social solidarity institution working with people with intellectual disabilities and their families. It runs residential homes, day and occupational centres, inclusive education support, a respite service for informal carers, employment-related services and artistic groups in dance and theatre. Its activities are based in Lisboa, Cascais, Almada and Odivelas.

Location

Lisboa, Portugal

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social

Legal name

Associação Portuguesa de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão Deficiente Mental de Lisboa

VAT number

504646788

Focus areas

intellectual disabilityinclusionsocial solidarityIPSSdisability servicescarers

Languages

PT

Causes & programmes

Causes

DisabilityEmployment & SkillsEducationArts & Culture

Works for

People with disabilitiesCarersChildrenStudents

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesAwareness & education

Programmes

CACI - Centro de Atividades e Capacitação para a Inclusão

Employment & Skills · Portugal

Social response for adults with disabilities aged 18 and over who cannot continue training or work, offering occupational and training activities. It replaced the Centro de Atividades Ocupacionais.

CRI - Centro de Recursos para a Inclusão

Education · Portugal

Inclusive education resource centre, created in partnership with the Ministry of Education, providing multidisciplinary support to schools for students with special educational needs.

Tempo para Si

Disability · Portugal

Respite service for informal carers in Almada, where qualified formal carers look after the dependent person at home so the carer can rest.

Grupo Pé de Dança

Arts & Culture · Portugal

Dance and body expression group for young people with intellectual disabilities, performing at public venues.

Grupo de teatro Nós

Arts & Culture · Portugal

Creative theatre group made up of actors from the organisation's various structures, focused on improvisation and body expression.

Soluções com Valor

Employment & Skills · Portugal

Services in grounds maintenance, graphic arts and related work that create socially useful employment opportunities for people with greater difficulty entering the labour market.

BEPA - Banco de Empréstimo de Produtos de Apoio

Disability · Portugal

Lending bank for assistive products.

Countries of operation

Portugal

Funding & support

Ways to support

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Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Município de Almada, APCAS - Associação de Paralisia Cerebral de Almada Seixal, Fundação EDP Solidária, Escola de Dança Ana Köhler, Ministério da Educação

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