Sunday, February 26, 2012

Now a days, I've observed that a there are people who are suffering either from physical or mentally. It also depicts that they


As we define
disability, it is the result of a medically definable condition that limits a person's are having difficulty in their life even on day-to-day.

movements, senses, or activities. http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/acc/acc02.htm

It is also a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. It is conceptualized as being a multidimensional experience for the person involved. There may be effects on organs or body parts and there may be effects on a person's participation in areas of life.

Another word that we can associate the word DISABILITY is "functional difficulty"(Ericta, 2005)

Based on the study and evaluation that they made in 2005, there are an estimated 7.5 million Filipinos with disabilities in 2000 based on the World Health Organization’s assumption that 10% of every country’s population has some form of disability. In 2004, the Filipinos with disabilities would reach about 8.3 million.

Another one is from the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Disabled* Persons, 9 June 2011, shows previous figures under-estimated global prevalence of disability - now stating that one billion people worldwide experience a disabling condition. http://www.disabled-world.com/

Then, here are some of the laws guiding for the persons with disabilities:

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9442 ( April 30, 2007)-An act amending Republic Act No. 7277 aka Magna Carta For Disabled. Here are the benefits and incentives for the disabled:

- they will be given discounts(20 % imposed of discounts)

-they give Educational assistance to persons with disability


-implementation of Identification cards for the disability.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REHABILITATION, SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-RELIANCE OF DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The grant of the rights and privileges for disabled persons in the society.

BATAS PAMBANSA 34 - “AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE MOBILITY OF DISABLED PERSON BY REQUIRING CERTAIN BUILDINGS, INSTITUTIONS, ESTABLISHMENTS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES TO INSTALL FACILITIES AND OTHER DEVICES.”

In our country , there is already law but what lacks here is the implementation. The people in our society doesn't know how to implement the rules especially to the people who are disable.

For example, I've notice that in public places, there should separated CR from the disable. It happened that there was a disabled man who used to be in his wheelchair. Even though with his companion,there is difficulty in using public utilities like this one. It is so sad to see like this scenario. It seems to be that we should be our priority in terms of helping people.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYJXdbeOmho

As i watch this , i feel sad because of their condition right now. But as I watch the clip, i feel happy for them because there are some people especially the organization club and NGO's who wanted to help other disabled person either child or adult. Through them, they give hope and strength for each day that they encountered.