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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]
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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]
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 ...
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"
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 ...