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  2. Disability in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The established agency was named the National Council on Disability Affairs or NCDA. Some of the laws concerning PWDs include Republic Act No 7277 (Magna Carta for Disabled Persons), Batas Pambansa Blg. 344 (Accessibility Law), Republic Act 6759 (White Cane Act) and ILO Convention No. 159 (Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons With Disability). [7]

  3. National Council on Disability Affairs (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines' National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) (formerly National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons or NCWDP) is the national government agency mandated to formulate policies and coordinate the activities of all agencies, whether public or private, concerning disability issues and concerns.

  4. Philippine House Special Committee on Persons with ...

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    The Philippine House Special Committee on Persons with Disabilities is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. Jurisdiction

  5. Web accessibility initiatives in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The book contains definition of web accessibility, types of assistive devices available, laws affecting disability in the Philippines, statistics of Filipino PWDs and Filipino Internet user statistics. It also details the history of web accessibility initiatives in the Philippines from 2003 up to the present.

  6. List of Philippine laws - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists Philippine laws that have been mentioned in Wikipedia or are otherwise notable. Only laws passed by Congress and its preceding bodies are listed here; presidential decrees and other executive issuances which may otherwise carry the force of law are excluded for the purpose of this table.

  7. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.

  8. Human rights in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines has adhered to the UDHR through the Bill of Rights, and continued to create laws and policies that cater to a specific sector, like the Labor Code and the Indigenous Peoples' Rights. [clarification needed] Besides the UDHR, the Philippines is a signatory to 8 of the 9 UN core human rights treaties, namely:

  9. Deafness in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Section 12: Access to Quality Education - the Philippine government will provide equal access to quality education, and it is unlawful to deny a student admission to school on a basis of disability; Section 13: Assistance to Disabled Students - the Philippines government must supply finance assistance to disabled students pursuing postsecondary ...