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Senate Bill No. 
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Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Based on the results of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2006, 
the total number of persons with disability (PWDs) was posted at 942,098 or about 1.23 
percent of the total population in the country. This registered an increase of 2.48 percent 
compared with the results of the 1995 Census of Population (POPCEN) (919,292 
persons). 
Of the total persons with disability, 473,332 (50.24 percent) were females and 
468,766 (49.76 percent) were males. 
The Rights of Disabled Persons and calls for national and international action to 
ensure that it will be used as a common basis and frame of reference for the protection of 
these rights: 
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1, The term "disabled person" means any person unable to ensure by himself or 
herself, wholly or partly, the necessities of a normal individual and/or social life, 
as a result of deficiency, either congenital or not, in his or her physical or ineiilal 
capabilities. 
2. Disabled persons shall enjoy all the rights set forth in this Declaration. These 
rights shall be granted to all disabled persons without any exception whatsoever 
and without distinction or discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, 
language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origin, state of 
wealth, birth or any other situation applying either to the disabled person himself 
or herself or to his or her family. 
3. Disabled persons have the inherent right to respect for their human dignity. 
Disabled persons, whatever the origin, nature and seriousness of their handicaps 
and disabilities, have the same fundamental rights as their fellow-citizens of the 
same age, which implies first and ioremost the right to enjoy a decent life, as 
normal and full as possible. 
4. Disabled persons have the same civil and political rights as other human 
beings; paragraph 7 of the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded 
Persons applies to any possible limitation or suppression of those rights for 
mentally disabled persons. 
5. Disabled persons are entitled to the measures designed to enable them to 
become as self-reliant as possible. 


6. Disabled persons have the right to medical, psychological and functional 
treatment, including prosthetic and orthetic appliances, to medical and social 
rehabilitation, education, vocational training and rehabilitation, aid, counselling, 
placement services and other services which will enable them to develop their 
capabilities and skills to the maximum and will hasten the processes of their 
social integration or reintegration. 
7. Disabled persons have the right to economic and social security and to a decent 
level of living. They have the right, according to their capabilities, to secure and 
retain employment or to engage in a useful, productive and remunerative 
occupation and to join trade unions. 
8. Disabled persons are entitled to have their special needs taken into 
consideration at all stages of economic and social planning. 
9. Disabled persons have the right to live with their families or with foster parents 
and to participate in all social, creative or recreational activities. No disabled 
person shall be subjected, as far as his or her residence is concerned, to 
differential treatment other than that required by his or her condition or by the 
improvement which he or she may derive therefrom. If the stay of a disabled 
person in a specialized establishment is indispensable, the environment and living 
conditions therein shall be as close a s  possible to those of the normal life of a 
person of his or her age. 
10. Disabled persons shall be protected against all exploitation, all regulations and 
all treatment of a discriminatory, abusive or degrading nature. 
11. Disabled persons shall be able to avail themselves of qualified legal aid when 
such aid proves indispensable for the protection of their persons and property. if 
judicial proceedings are institnted against them, the legal procedure applied shall 
take their physical and mental condition fully into account. 
12. Organizations of disabled persons may be usefully consulted in all matters 
regarding the rights of disabled persons. 
In order to fully protect the rights of disabled persons, the passage of this bill is of 
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utmost importance, and is earnestly sought. 


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Senate Bill No. 
Introduced by Senator Manny Villa1 
AN ACT 
CREATING THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AFFAIRS OFFICE IN 
EVERY PROVINCE, CITY AND MUNICIPALITY, AMENDING SECTION 40 
OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT 
SELF-RELIANCE OF DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR INTEGRATION 
INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" 
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PROVIDING FOR THE REHABILITATION, SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assem bled: 
Section 1. Section 40 of Republic Act No. 7277 is hereby amended to rend as 
follows: 
"SECTION 40. Role of National Agencies and Local Government Units. - 
(A) Local government units shall promote the establishment of organizations of 
[disabled persons] PERSON§ WITH DISABlLITlES (PWDs) in their 
respective territorial jurisdictions. National agencies and local government 
units may enter into joint ventures with organizations or associations of 
[disabled persons] PWDs to explore livelihood opportunities and other 
undertakings that shall enhance the health, physical fitness and economic 
social well-being of [disabled persons] PWDs. 
(B) IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
UNITS TO ENSURE THAT THE AGENCIES CONCERNED SHALL 
EXTEND THE SERVICES PROVIDED IN THIS ACT TO PWDs BY 
CREATING THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AFFAIRS OFFICE 
(PDAO) IN EVERY PROVINCE, CITY AND MUNICIPALITY." 
Section 2. Repealing Clnuse. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
and rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed 
or modified accordingly. 
Section 3. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect (1 5) days after its publication in 
two (2) newspapers of general circulation or the Offcia1 Gazette, whichever comes first. 
Approved,