Disability

• Disability

  • condition either caused by genetics or disease, accident, trauma which may hamper a person’s mental, sensory or mobility functions to carry out or perform a task in the same way as a person who does not have a disability.
• Disability

  • is an umbrella term: covering impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions.
• Covering Impairments

  • is a problem in body function or structure.
• Activity Limitations

  • is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action
• Participation Restriction

  • is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations.
• According to World Health Organization, individuals may also qualify as disabled if they have had an impairment in the past or are seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm. Such impairment may include

  • Physical
  • Sensory
  • Cognitive or developmental disabilities
• Mental Disorders

  • also known as psychiatric or psychosocial disabilities and various types of chronic disease may also qualify as disabilities.
• Conditions causing disability are classified by the medical community as:

  • Inherited (genetically transmitted)
  • Congenital – meaning caused by a mother’s infection or other disease during pregnancy.
  • Embryonic or fatal developmental irregularities or by injury during or soon after birth.
  • Acquired such as conditions caused by illness or injury.
  • Unknown origin
• Ways of Categorizing Disability

  1. Physical disabilities
  2. Sensory disabilities: Vision and Hearing impairment
  3. Intellectual disabilities
  4. Mental health and emotional disabilities
  5. Developmental disabilities
  6. Non-visible disabilities
• Disability Laws

  1. Anti-Bullying Act-Republic Act Number 10627, dated June 5, 2013
  2. Equal Opportunity Employment-R.A Number 10524, dated July 23, 2012
  3. Accessible Polling Places Exclusively for Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizens-R.A Number 10336, dated July 23, 2012
  4. Implementation Programs and Services for Persons with Disabilities in every Province, City and Municipality-R.A Number 10070, dated July 27, 2009
  5. Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities-R.A Number 7277, dated March 24, 1992
• Presidential Proclamations

  1. UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities-Presidential Proclamation No. 1157, dated October 16, 2006
  2. National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week- Presidential Proclamation No. 361, dated August 29, 2000
  3. National Autism Consciousness Week-Presidential Proclamation No. 711, dated January 1996
  4. National Commission on Disability Affairs-Presidential Decree No. 1509, dated June 11, 1978
• Administrative and Executive Orders

  1. Community Based Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities-E.O No. 437, dated June 21, 2005
  2. Economic Independence for Persons with Disabilities-E.O No. 417, dated March 27, 2005
  3. Other Policies-Deped Child Protection Policy, dated May 14, 2012