State shall advocate for

and encourage respect for

ALL PERSONS, including ALL persons
with ALL types of disabilities must
enjoy ALL human rights and
fundamental freedoms.
PWDs. The State shall exert
all efforts to remove all
social, cultural, economic,
environmental and
attitudinal barriers that are
prejudicial to disabled
persons.

The State shall give full support to the improvement of the total well-
being of disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of
society.
VIDEO
 ECONOMIC
RIGHTS

SOCIAL
RIGHTS OTHERS

CIVIL & POLITICAL

RIGHTS
 SHELTERED
EMPLOYMENT
EQUAL Workshops providing
OPPORTUNITY FOR special facilities, income-
EMPLOYMENT producing projects or
homework schemes with
a view to giving PWDs the
opportunity to earn a
living.
VOCATIONAL
APPRENTICESHIP REHABILITATION &
After LIVELIHOOD
apprenticeship, if SERVICES
eligible, PWDs shall Training programs
be hired and Counseling for
skills development
INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYERS
• ADDITIONAL DEDUCTION from
GROSS INCOME:
• 25% of the TOTAL amount of
paid Salaries and Wages

• ADDITIONAL TAX DEDUCTION

from NET TAXABLE INCOME:
• 50% of the TOTAL Direct Cost of
improvements/Modifications
 Promotion of Rights and Welfare of
PWDs is the PRIMARY DUTY OF THE STATE
being a HUMAN RIGHT which is within its
DUTY to FULFILL.

No person shall be deprived of his right to QUALITY

EDUCATION by reason of his/her disability.

Being a human right, education shall be

enjoyed by all children without discrimination
as to age, gender or any other condition.
Art. 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (CRC)
(a) PRIMARY EDUCATION shall be compulsory, available & FREE
to all children including PWDs;
(b) Different forms of SECONDARY EDUCATION, including
general and vocational education shall be AVAILABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE to every child;
(c) HIGHER EDUCATION shall be ACCESSIBLE to all on the basis
of capacity by every appropriate means;
(d) EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL information and
guidance shall be AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE to all children;
OBLIGATIONS OF THE
STATE
Encourage learning
institutions to take into
Ensure that PWDs are
account the special needs of
provided with ACCESS TO
PWDs with respect to the use
QUALITY EDUCATION and
of school facilities, class
ample opportunities to
schedules, physical education
develop their skills
requirements, and other
pertinent consideration.
Take appropriate
steps to make such
education accessible
to all PWDs
 ASSISTANCE TO PWD STUDENTS
 The State shall provide FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE to economically
marginalized but deserving disabled students pursuing post
secondary or tertiary education.

Scholarship Student Other

Loan Subsidies
Grants Incentives
Programs

At least five percent (5%) of the allocation for

the Private Education Student Financial Assistance
Program created by virtue of R.A. 6725 shall be set
aside for PWD students pursuing vocational or
technical and degree courses..
 SPECIAL EDUCATION
 The state shall Establish, maintain and support complete,
adequate and integrated SYSTEM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION for
the visually impaired, hearing impaired, mentally retarded
persons and other types of exceptional children in all regions of
the country.
 The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall establish,
SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS in cities, or
municipalities. It shall also establish, where viable, Braille and
Record Libraries in provinces, cities or municipalities.
 The National Government shall ALLOCATE FUNDS necessary for
the effective implementation of the special education program
nationwide. Local government units may likewise appropriate
counterpart funds to supplement national funds.
 RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE
UNIVERSITIES and COLLEGES
Research on special
Develop Develop problems, particularly of the Include
material training visually-impaired, hearing- Special
appliances materials for impaired, speech-impaired, Education
and orthopedically-impaired
and vocational for Disabled
students, mentally retarded,
technical rehabilitation and multi-handicapped and (SPED)
aids for and special others, and the elimination of course in
disabled education social barriers and the
persons; instructions; discrimination against curriculum.
disabled persons;
 National Health Program
--DOH in coordination w/ NCDA (National Council for the Welfare of Disabled
Persons) shall implement a National Health Program for PWDs to prevent disability
(prenatally or post-natally);
 Rehabilitation Centers
--DOH shall establish medical rehabilitation centers for PWDs in government
provincial hospitals. Marginalized PWDs shall avail of FREE medical rehabilitation.
 Integrated Health Services for PWDs
--prevent disability through immunization, nutrition, environmental protection and
preservation; genetic counseling; early detection of disability and timely intervention
 Assignment of health personnel specializing in the treatment and rehabilitation of
PWDs to provincial hospitals , municipal health centers
(a)assistance in the acquisition of PROSTHETIC DEVICES and medical
intervention of specialty services;
(b)provision of SPECIALIZED TRAINING ACTIVITIES designed to improve
functional limitations of disabled persons related to communication skills;
(c)DEVELOPMENT among disabled persons of a positive self-image through
the provision of counseling, orientation and mobility and strengthening
daily living capability;
(d)provision of FAMILY CARE SERVICES geared towards developing the
capability of families to respond to the needs of the disabled members of
the family;
(e)provision of SUBSTITUTE FAMILY CARE SERVICES AND THE FACILITIES therefor
for abandoned, neglected, abused and unattached disabled persons
who need custodial care;
(f) provision of AFTER CARE AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES for the continued
rehabilitation in a community-based setting of disabled persons who were
released from residential care or rehabilitation centers; and
(g) provision of DAY CARE SERVICES for disabled children of pre-school age.
BROADCAST -sign language
MEDIA inset or subtitles

TELEPHONE - install special telephone devices or units for

the hearing-impaired and ensure that they are
SERVICES commercially available

a) articles and literatures (books, periodicals, orthopedic and other

POSTAL devices, and teaching aids (WITHIN OR WITHOUT PHILIPPINES)
CHARGES b) aids and orthopedic devices
Provided that the aforesaid items are for personal use only and availed by
marginalized PWDs as certified by DSWD or Social Welfare and
Development Officer of LGU concerned.
 Accessibility Law (PB 344)
NO LICENSE OR PERMIT for the
construction, repair or renovation of
public and private buildings for public
use, educational institutions, airports,
sports and recreation centers and
complexes, shopping centers or
establishments, public parking places,
work-places, public utilities, SHALL BE
GRANTED OR ISSUED UNLESS THE
OWNER OR OPERATOR THEREOF SHALL
INSTALL AND INCORPORATE in such
building, establishment, institution or
public utility, such architectural facilities
or structural features shall reasonably
enhance the mobility of PWDs such as
sidewalks, ramps, railings and the like.
-- In case of government buildings,
street and highways, DPWH shall see
to it that the same shall be provided
with architectural facilities or
structural features for PWDs.

-- In the parking place of any of the

above institutions, buildings, or
establishment, or public utilities, the
owner or operator shall reserve
sufficient and suitable space for the
use of PWDs.
 Mobility
- PWDs shall be ALLOWED to
drive motor vehicles, subject
to the rules and regulations
issued by the Land
Transportation Office
-- In case of public
conveyance, devices such as the
prominent display of POSTERS
OR STICKERS shall be used to
generate public awareness of the
rights of PWDs and foster
understanding of their special
needs.

-- Special bus stops shall be

designed for PWDs.
CHR: Dignity of all
I. RIGHT TO VOTE
• ASSISTED by a person of his choice
• Polling places should be made ACCESSIBLE

II. RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE

• PWDs have the right to PARTICIPATE in processions, rallies, parades,
demonstrations, public meetings, and assemblages or other forms of
mass or concerted actions held in public.

III. RIGHT TO ORGANIZE

• The National Government, through its agencies, instrumentalities and
subdivisions, shall assist PWDs in ESTABLISHING SELF-HELP
ORGANIZATIONS by providing them with necessary technical and
financial assistance
 PROOFS OF IDENTITY AS A PWD
 ID Card issued by the
CSWDO or the Mayor or
Punong Barangay of
the place of residence;

 Passport

 Transportation fare
discount Identification
Card (ID) issued by the
National Council on
Disability Affairs (NCDA).
 DISCRIMINATION ON EMPLOYMENT
 SEGREGATING OR CLASSIFYING a PWD job applicant in such a
manner that adversely affects his work opportunities
 utilizing STANDARDS, CRITERIA that discriminates PWDs
 Favoring a nonPWD than a PWD in job PROMOTIONS

 providing LESSER COMPENSATION to a PWD doing the same

work with an able bodied person
 DISMISSING OR TERMINATING the services of a
disabled employee by reason of his disability

 Excluding disabled persons from MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR

UNIONS or similar organizations
DISCRIMINATION ON TRANSPORTATION
--It shall be considered discrimination for the franchisees or
operators and personnel of sea, land, and air transportation
facilities to:

 charge higher fare , or

 refuse to convey a passenger, his orthopedic devices,
personal effects, and merchandise

 BY REASON OF HIS DISABILITY.

DISCRIMINATION ON THE USE OF PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES
No disabled person shall be discriminated
on the basis of disability in the full and
equal enjoyment of the goods, services,
facilities, privileges, advantages or
accommodations of any place of public
accommodation by any person who owns,
leases, or operates a place of public
accommodation.
PUBLIC RIDICULE & VILIFICATION
No public ridicule and vilification to PWDs w/c will
result to their intimidation or loss of self-esteem.
-The utterance of slanderous and
acts of fun or
abusive statements against a
contemptuous imitation
person with disability; and/or
or making mockery of
persons with disability
- An activity in public which incites
whether in writing, or in
hatred towards, serious contempt
words, or in action due
for, or severe ridicule of persons
to their impairment/s.
with disability.
PWD=PuWeDe ka!!!