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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 .
Barredo (left; wearing sunglasses) congratulating chess players Henry Lopez (right) and Sander Severino (center) who won gold medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games. Mike Barredo, a blind man himself, organized the Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled (PhilSPADA) in 1997, which became the National Paralympic Committee for the Philippines. [2]
The Philippine Statistics Authority recorded a total of 1.443 million people in the Philippines (1.57% of the total population) has disability as of 2010 and categorized them according to age group, gender, and region. [2]
In 2013, Balais became the first amputee to scale Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 9 ] In two days, he conquered the peak, which was 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level, with the help of two assistants and two physical therapists. [ 7 ]
Filipino people with disabilities (3 C, 14 P) S. ... Pages in category "Disability in the Philippines" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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 ...
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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.