Foundation eleven commitment to normalize the Fibromyalgia and improve the employability of those affected.

-the Director of Fundación ONCE, Mª José Sánchez, cooperation has participated in the opening of this meeting whose aim is to improve the quality of life of patients

Madrid, may 2012.- ONCE Foundation has participated, on 20 April, in VII days side by side ” organized by the foundation of fibromyalgia and syndrome of fatigue Chronicle (Foundation FF), an encounter in which has affected the need to normalize the Fibromyalgia and improve the employability of those affected.

The opening ceremony has had the presence of the Director general of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), María Eugenia Martin Mendizábal; accompanied by Deputy Carles Campuzano; the Director of Fundación ONCE, Mª José Sánchez, cooperation and the Chairperson of the FF Foundation Emilia Altarriba.

In his speech, the general director of the INSS has referred to the need for further work to enable is to improve the conditions of life of those affected. These days are an opportunity to discuss and move proposals ”.

For its part, Carles Campuzano has shown its desire that these meetings will be to find solutions that can help improve the quality of life of those affected and their families. He has warned that will not be easy ” due to the current situation, even though it has added the existence of this vindictive and demanding associative fabric ” will enable improvements.

De izquierda a derecha: Emilia Altarriba/Mª José Sánchez/Carles Campuzano/Mª Eugenia Martín Mendizábal.

Mª José Sánchez has shown its support for the work done by the FF Foundation which, as it has been stressed, shares with Fundación ONCE the objective of improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities through training and access to employment. Most importantly the normalization of fibromyalgia and achieve, through training and with the use of new technologies, improving employability ”.

Finally, the Chairperson of the FF Foundation has referred to the importance of combined efforts of institutions and administrations with the ultimate goal of advancing in clinical studies and research. in addition, has insisted can not detach the health access to work. Those affected want to work ”. Why has concluded, must save the difficulties which can do work and which not, can access to benefits ”.

In this sense, according to a study on the work activity of patients with fibromyalgia submitted by occupational therapist Anna Elizabeth Arias, those affected who attend a specialized unit have a significant employment impact, while more than half of patients in status of sick leave and a fifth part in unemployment.