By JAKE SORIANO PWDs travel too. The head of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) reminded the country’s transportation department this, as she called for a more accessible and inclusive public transport system for the sector. “Kasi akala nila(They probably think) persons with disabilities are not traveling, or persons with disabilities are not going
By DARLENE CAY THE measures taken by the Commission on Elections to make voting this year more accessible to people with disabilities are just the initial steps of a challenging endeavor and should not be seen as something that would immediately remove the PWDs’ discomfort during elections. Election Commissioner Grace Padaca made these remarks in response
By DARLENE CAY EFFORTS of persons with disabilities and advocates in promoting the right of PWDs to suffrage went to waste in last week’s midterm elections, no thanks to the Commission on Elections, the executive director of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) said. In a strongly worded and emotional letter which she said
