Schools will be PWD-accessible on election day
By MIKHA FLORES WHEN persons with disabilities (PWD) go out and vote on May 13, they can move around with more ease from drop off points to classrooms where they will cast their vote.
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Braille accessibility still limited
Text and Photos by PATRICIA AURORA M. CRUZ AT 17 years old, Rocel Sison already has her future planned out. She wants to take up Mass Communication at the Philippine Women’s University or Bulacan State University, and eventually work as a broadcaster in television or radio.
Fisherfolk maimed by dynamite fishing resist ‘PWD’ label
By ANGELICA CARBALLO SAN ANTONIO, Zambales—Some 20 years ago, Jose Jimenez lost his right arm and the sight of his left eye when a dynamite blew up in his hand, but he and others like him refuse to be called persons with disability.
Gallery showcases PWD talent
by VERA Files EVER wondered who makes the wooden jeepneys on sale at the handicraft store Kultura?
Iloilo amps up campaign for PWD registration
By AUREA LYNNE PAZ and HAZEL P. VILLA ILOILO CITY – The city’s Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) will hold on Oct. 25 the last of its weekly lectures to make PWDs aware of their right to vote in the midterm 2013 elections, as the last day of registration approaches. The lectures were scheduled every
PWD-friendly living spaces
By VERA Files The country's young interior designers have taken up the challenge of creating living spaces for persons with disabilities, and devised rooms that are PWD-friendly.
PWDs able to deal with disaster
By VERA Files WHEN it comes to disaster preparedness, Filipinos can learn valuable lessons from a seemingly unlikely group: Persons with disabilities (PWDs) at the Tahanang Walang Hagdanan compound in Cainta, Rizal.
Comelec relies on village officials for PWD registrations
By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES BANGUED, Abra—Not a single group working for the rights of persons with disabilities in this province has taken part in the campaign to promote PWDs’ right to suffrage but in this town, at least, village officials have taken up the cudgels for PWDs.
Woman with cerebral palsy is family’s inspiration
By LEILANIE ADRIANO PASUQUIN, Ilocos Norte—A woman born with cerebral palsy became her family’s main inspiration, motivating her siblings to become medical professionals, and prompting their mother to embark on a ground-breaking dragon fruit farm that has become a model plantation emulated throughout the country.
Two Tarlac PWDs dream of becoming professional athletes
By HOMER TEODORO TARLAC CITY— For two persons with disabilities (PWDs) here in Tarlac province, dreaming big simply means being able to play their favorite sports like professional athletes.