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Enabling the Disabled

A Whole New World for the PWDs of Carmona, Cavite:
PDAO paving the way towards PWD empowerment, inclusion and self-sufficiency

Lourdes Villar-Santos & Eleangel Dawn Cortel

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The story of Carmona’s Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO) creation dates back to 2000 when the Center for Disabled was established through an executive order. Since then, through a series of municipal ordinances, the center has evolved and was eventually organized as a department in 2017 with a budget of P10.7 million. Of its 33-staff complement, six are PWDs and 10 hold permanent positions.

Using the LGU’s Service Framework of Educational and Rehabilitation Program developed in 2004, PDAO was able to offer a comprehensive education and livelihood program to PWDs, from disability mapping of children with disabilities to evaluation and diagnosis, and referral to specific programs (i.e. Early Intervention, SPED Tutorials, Normalization, Bridging, Adaptive Skills, and Entrepreneurship) based on their needs.

The municipality assigned building utility workers as PWD assistants, provided a wheelchair at the lobby of the municipal hall, and had least one employee in each office/department trained in sign language. Currently, there are three PWD organizations organized to act as representatives of the sector.

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