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The RA 7277 ensures that Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have adequate access and opportunities to quality education. Under this Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, it is unlawful for any learning institution "to deny a disabled person admission to any course it offers by reason of handicap or disability."
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Filipino people. It includes Filipino people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disabled people from the Philippines .
Note: This category's interpretation of disability is quite broad, and may include people with medical conditions that may not typically be considered disabled. See also Category:People with disabilities .
Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, disabled rights activist and member of the House of Lords (born with spinal muscular atrophy) Sir Winston Churchill , MP between 1901 and 1964, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; in his second premiership (1951–55) became increasingly deaf (condition onset 1949) and a wheelchair user ...
The formation of the national sports association that focuses on sports played for Persons with Disabilities or PWDs started as an idea by Michael Barredo, then-former board member of the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP) appointed by former president Fidel V. Ramos in December 1996, after the series of consultations between stakeholders of the sport together with ...
The Cebu-based dragon boat team comprises people with disabilities — some are amputees, while others are deaf or blind. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] PADS Dragon Boat Team is the first cross-disability adaptive dragon boat racing team in the Philippines.
The Philippines participated in the Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap which was held in Madrid. The games followed the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, in which the Philippines did not compete in. The Philippines sent a 20-people delegation to the Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap and its competitors ...
Section 6: Sheltered Employment - if disabled people can't find employment, they are ensured to find a stable job in their field of interest through sheltered employment Section 8: Incentives for Employers - private companies must provide accommodations for their disabled employees