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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 .
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]
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]
Disabled sports or parasports in the Philippines are handled by the Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC, previously the Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled—National Paralympic Committee of the Philippines or PHILSPADA—NPC).The country boasts a men's national wheelchair basketball team which has competed in tournaments ...
Section 18: National Health Program - the goals of this program are to prevent disability, diagnose disability early, and provide early rehabilitation for disabled people Section 20: Health Services - the Philippine government recognizes the right to health of disabled people and will provide funds to make disability prevention and medical ...
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 ...
Famous for the relief of the Rendicion de Tetuan on its facade. The (2) Camposanto de San Joaquin is a catholic cemetery built in the Spanish colonial era famous for its impressive mortuary chapel. Added to the NCT declaration of the Church of San Joaquin in 2015.
Pablo Ocampo – Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, first Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress; Rosa Sevilla – Filipino activist, educator, and journalist who advocated for women's suffrage in the Philippines. [7] Concepción Felix – Filipina feminist and human rights ...