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New QC wheelchair ramps outdated, unusable
By ALLAN YVES BRIONES, BRYAN EZRA GONZALES and ARIANNE CHRISTIAN TAPAO Photos by LUIS LIWANAG Infographics by ARIANNE CHRISTIAN TAPAO WHEELCHAIR ramps have sprouted a stone’s throw away from the food...
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Vico Cham: Seeing the world through art and autism
By ARIANNE CHRISTIAN TAPAO Vico Cham standing next to his painting. Photo by ARIANNE CHRISTIAN TAPAO IN a 26-square meter studio deep within the heart of Pasig City, people with autism fill the world...
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On their own: PWD students care for themselves and others at earthquake drill
By ALLAN YVES BRIONES AND BRYAN EZRA GONZALES THOUSANDS of persons with disabilities (PWDs) participated in the recent annual earthquake simulation exercise, some of them showing they could take part...
View ArticleVIDEO: PWDs happy with South Cotabato elections, but want more improvements...
By AMIEL CAGAYAN and EMMANUEL CAGAYAN MARBEL, South Cotabato – There were no assigned accessible polling places (APPs) in South Cotabato during the May 9 polls, but persons with disabilities (PWDs) who...
View ArticleVIDEO: In Cebu City EAPP, volunteers with disabilities assist fellow PWDs
By LUCILLE SODIPE CEBU City – Election volunteers Krugger Tabada and Leah Recia, both persons with disabilities (PWDs), were startled by the high voter turnout in a polling place here last May 9. They...
View ArticleVIDEO: Despite last minute Comelec instruction, teachers in a Cebu City...
By LUCILLE SODIPE CEBU City — Just hours away from the opening of the May 9 elections, teachers assigned at a polling place here were informed they need to instantly set up an emergency accessible...
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Despite EAPPs, voting not any easier for many PWDs and senior citizens
An elderly man uses a magnifying glass to read and fill out his ballot at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan. Photo by LUIS LIWANAG By VERA Files CALLING emergency accessible polling places...
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Before noon, problems abound for voters with disabilities nationwide
Estellita Sto. Domingo, 87, is being assisted by members of the Emergency Care Academy and Rescue Unit to reach her precinct on the second floor of Marikina Elementary School, Barangay Sta. Elena,...
View ArticleComelec to put up makeshift voter tents for PWDs, senior citizens
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections has unveiled a new plan to make voting more accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens: emergency accessible polling places...
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Mall voting would’ve been easier for PWDs, elderly–survey
A DECEMBER 2015 survey by the Social Weather Stations showed that three in five registered voters think voting in malls would be easier for senior citizens and PWDs, given the current state of voting...
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Duterte violates law prohibiting ridicule of PWDs
Davao City Mayor and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte. File Photo by MARIO IGNACIO IV By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FOR the information of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who laughed at Persons...
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SPED teachers in Northern Samar struggle with disasters, lack of support
A child walks past damaged classrooms at the Catarman SPED Center in Catarman, Northern Samar. Mildred Horca teaches her class of deaf students despite a damaged ceiling in the background. Mildred...
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Don’t forget these ill persons
PWDs special registration. Photo by Mario Ignacio IV for VERA Files. BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE law signed by President Aquino March 23 exempting persons with disabilities from the value-added tax is...
View ArticleVoters with disabilities in the 2016 Elections
OF the 54 million Filipinos registered to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, 318,013 have disabilities. The interactive map below shows the 10 provinces in the Philippines with the most...
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Veteran PWD Power Lifter faces same problems amid new law
Achelle “Jinky” Guion, 43, a veteran powerlifter, is photographed in front of trophies at a gym in Cubao, Quezon City. Guion lifts weights during her weekly training for the Paralympics in Brazil this...
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Angels Walk for Autism lauded as model for ASEAN
By JAKE SORIANO THE annual Angels Walk for Autism reached new heights Sunday. A record crowd of 15,000 people, bigger than last year’s number, attended the event at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, and among...
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PDAOs in Metro Manila: Pasig
Text and photos by YVETTE S. MORALES TO serve the 1,398 registered persons with disabilities (PWDs), the local government of Pasig decided to mobilize leaders in its barangays before establishing a...
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QC café trains, employs persons with developmental disabilities
Ysabella Canoy, owner of Puzzle Café teaches Clariz and Jill, 23 and 24 respectively, how to operate the waffle maker. Canoy is a former pre-school teacher. Redj, a person with a developmental...
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PDAOs in Metro Manila: Mandaluyong
Text and photos by YVETTE S. MORALES ELEVEN years before the Magna Carta for Persons with Disability was amended through RA 10070, the Mandaluyong Persons with Disability Affairs Division was...
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PDAOs in Metro Manila: Manila
Text and photos by YVETTE S. MORALES THE City’s PDAO was established five years ago but it has been running without a head. It is supposed to be under the Office of the Mayor, just like the Office for...
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