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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 .
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 ...
Children 2 Michael I. Barredo [ 1 ] is a Filipino sports executive who has served as the 5th president of the International Blind Sports Federation and the founding president of the Paralympic Committee of the Philippines .
The National Council on Disability Affairs regulates a list of non-government organizations officially partnered with the government. There are 8 NGOs recognized by the NCDA that cater to Filipino PWDs on a national level. Local government units also keep track of local non-government agencies or associations that cater to PWDs.
Chris "Kesz" Valdez (born December 26, 1998) is a Filipino humanitarian and founder of Championing Community Children (C3). At age 13, Kesz Valdez was awarded the 2012 International Children's Peace Prize in The Hague, Netherlands. Rev. Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace laureate, presented Valdez the award on September 19th. [1]
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. As such, the NCWDP is the ...
Arnold "Capt. A" Balais (born March 16, 1974) is an above-the-knee-amputee [1] Filipino paralympic athlete, vocational coordinator, orthotic and prosthetic technician. [2] He is known for being the team captain of the Philippine Accessible Disability Service (PADS) Dragon Boat Team. [3] [4]
Luis P. Gatmaitán, M.D., is a Filipino medical doctor and children's author. He appears on a radio program, Doctors On Line, on Monday mornings at DZAS as a medical consultant. Gatmaitán was inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2005 for his writing.