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'Pantawid ng Pag-ibig': Pagkain handog sa komunidad ng mga PWD sa Cainta

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 07:39 PM

Hinatiran ng Pantawid ng Pag-ibig campaign ang isang organisasyong tumutulong sa persons with disabilities. Read more »

Remember the disabled during virus crisis, UN chief says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 12:53 PM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on governments around the world to specifically take into account the billions of people with disabilities in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Comelec tests voting process for PWDS

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 11:29 AM

PWDs participated in the mock election to provide feedback to the Comelec on how to further improve the voting process in preparation for future elections.  Read more »

PH youth with disabilities win big in IT competition in Korea

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 05:31 PM

MANILA -- As Filipino athletes bag gold medals at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Filipino youth with disabilities came home with their own set of medals from an information technology (IT) competition in South Korea. Read more »

McDonald’s to hire senior citizens, disabled persons in 40 Manila stores

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 10:04 PM

McDonald’s on Wednesday committed to hire elderly and persons with disabilities (PWD) in its 45 stores in Manila, marking the first time the world’s second-largest fast food chain implemented the policy in the Philippines. Read more »

Jollibee to hire elderly, persons with disabilities in Manila stores

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 08:29 PM

Four restaurants under Jollibee Foods Corporation on Friday committed to hire PWDs and elderly residents of Manila, a first in the 4-decade history of the Philippines’ largest fast food operator. Read more »

Yoga on PWAy Day: Group helps Filipinos with autism learn skills, find jobs

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 04:16 PM

It was Wednesday PWAy Day at the Autism Society Philippines office and for that week, the chosen activity was yoga. For the last couple of years, the Autism Society Philippines has been holding the PWAy Day for persons with autism (PWA). Other activities include cooking, dancing, games and various forms of exercise. Read more »

PWD ID application and benefits in the Philippines

Moneymax
Posted at Jul 26 01:41 PM

Here’s what you need to know about how to get a PWD ID in the Philippines. Read more »

MRT, LRT-2 offer free rides to PWDs Wednesday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 11:03 AM

Persons with disabilities (PWDs) will get free rides at MRT-3 and LRT-2 stations on Wednesday, July 17, in line with the 41st National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week. Read more »

Policies for PWDs 'not effectively enforced' in the Philippines: US report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 06:21 PM

MANILA - Persons with disabilities (PWD) in the Philippines "continued to face discrimination" in 2018 as a policy crafted to help them "was not effectively enforced," the US State Department said in its annual human rights report released Thursday.    Read more »

Bag at school supplies, regalo sa SPED pupils sa Aurora

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 01:58 PM

Dinalaw ng Lingkod Kapamilya ang isang special education school sa Baler, Aurora para pasayahin ang mga batang may kapansanan. Read more »

Over 1,000 jobs open for persons with disabilities: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 03:40 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said over 1,000 jobs will be available for persons with disabilities in a job fair on Wednesday Dec. 5 in Quezon City. Read more »

Mocha Uson, dapat bang parusahan dahil sa 'sign language video?'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 04:25 PM

Pinaparusahan lang umano ng RA 9442 ang mga direktang mangaalipusta sa mga PWD tulad ng “sadyang” pagtutukso at pagmamaliit sa mga tao na bulag o bingi. Read more »

House OKs on 2nd reading bill requiring PhilHealth coverage for PWDs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 11:45 PM

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill requiring mandatory PhilHealth coverage for all persons with disability. Read more »

Blinded by TB drug: Ex-architect designs new lives amid tuberculosis horrors

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 08:56 PM

The first time that architect Eloisa "Louie" Zepeda felt there was something wrong with her body was when she was walking inside a mall in Cubao, Quezon City in late 2006.    Read more »

Lalaking may hindi pangkaraniwang sakit, nagtapos na cum laude sa UP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 06:12 PM

Sa kabila ng kanyang hindi pangkaraniwang kalagayan, isang estudyante ang nagtapos na cum laude sa University of the Philippines-Diliman.  Read more »

KILALANIN: Lalaking may di pangkaraniwang sakit, nagtapos na cum laude

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 11:04 PM

Hindi naging balakid ang pisikal na kalagayan sa pagkamit ng isang 21 anyos na estudyante ng tagumpay sa pag-aaral. Read more »

Mga kabataang may kapansanan, sumailalim sa emergency preparedness

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 05:02 PM

Tinuruan ng mga eksperto ang mga kabataang may kapansanan ng paghahanda sa sakuna. Read more »

Job fair para sa mga PWD, inilunsad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 12:41 AM

Isang job fair para sa persons with disabilities ang inilunsad ng isang unibersidad sa Maynila. Read more »

Priceless smile

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 04:07 PM

Children with down syndrome join a reading activity during a medical mission, organised by Miss Possibilities, in Pasig City in observance of the World Down Syndrome Awareness Day on Wednesday. Miss Possibilities organizes events which aim to raise social awareness of people with special needs and highlight their important role in society. Read more »