[4][5] Part of the work FEDDI does involves improving social inclusion and acceptance of sportspeople with intellectual disabilities by their peers.
The President is elected to a four-year post in Winter Paralympic years, with recognized autonomous federations, sports clubs, coaches and athletes eligible to vote in a secret ballot.
[14] The Spanish intellectual disability basketball team cheated at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.
The CPE launched a full investigation into the claims in November 2000 and concluded that Vicente was partly responsible for the cheating.
[15] In the first half of 1999, they received a grant from Ministry of Education and Culture (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura) for 935.000 ₧.
[16] In the second half of 2001, they received a grant from Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte) for 20,706,000 ₧.
[17] In the fourth quarter of 2011, they received funding from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte).