Laws Governing Disabilites

Declaring the period from the year 2003 to the year 2012 as the Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities

• Philippines participated in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002;
• Following the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, it has been noted that the Philippine's state goals for the sector, such as re-habilitation, self-development and self-reliance and their integration into the mainstream of society as spelled out in the Philippine Constitution of 1987, Magna Carta for Disabled Persons ()R.A. 7277), Accessibility Law (B.P. 344) and other legislation, are all far from being met;
• The National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons is therefore directed to rationalize all disability related efforts by formulating and issuing a Comprehensive National Plan of Action for decade which translates the objectives of R.A. 7277, B.P. 344, and other disability-related laws and policies into concrete programs of action for the Decade.
• All heads of Departments, Chief of Bureaus. Offices, Agencies and Instrumentalities of the National government, including officials of Local Government, are instructed to implement plans, programs, and activities geared towards the development of persons with disabilities based on the National Plan of Action for the Decade.
• The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this proclamation shall be sourced out by the concerned agencies from their annual appropriation, the amount of which shall not be less than 1% of each agency's total budget for the year or equivalent to the amount provided for under Section 29 and 31 fo the General Appropriation Act of 2002.