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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]
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]
Section 10: Vocational Guidance and Counseling - disabled people will be supplied resources and counselors for vocational training; Section 26: Access to Public Transport Facilities - the Philippine government will develop and fund a program to help disabled people access public transportation
View history; General ... Filipino people with disabilities (3 C, 14 P) S. Parasports in the Philippines (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Disability in the Philippines"
Leonor Orosa-Goquingco was born on July 24, 1917, in Jolo, Sulu.She was a Filipino national artist in creative dance. She played the piano, drew art, designed scenery and costumes, sculpted, acted, directed, danced and choreographed.
Dr. Benito Vergara was born on June 23, 1934 [2] to father Jose Vergara, a medical doctor, and Luisa Sibug Vergara, a nurse. [3] He was the youngest of seven children, and was raised primarily by his older sisters Betty, Lucy, and Belen Vergara who taught him household skills and chores.
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 ...