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The National Council on Disability Affairs, (NCDA) as the national government agency mandated to formulate policies and coordinate the activities of all agencies, whether public or private, concerning disability issues and concerns is commending the City of Manila through the hard work and outstanding leadership of its dynamic Mayor Francisco Moreno Domagoso colloquially named as continue reading : PUBLICATION AND PROLIFERATION OF FAKE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS IDENTIFICATION CARDS

PH youth with disabilities win big in IT competition in Korea MANILA — As Filipino athletes bag gold medals at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Filipino youth with disabilities came home with their own set of medals from an information technology (IT) competition in South Korea. Four students from Philippine public high schools participated in continue reading : PH youth with disabilities win big in IT competition in Korea as featured in ABS-CBN News

The Philippine youth with disabilities contingent made a solid performance in the recently held Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (GITC) in Busan, Korea from November 25-29, 2019 garnering Excellence awards in eLifemap Challenge (Web Browsing), eTool Challenge (PowerPoint and Excel) and eCreative Challenge (Robotics).  The group bested 19 countries in eContent Challenge (Video continue reading : PH YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES WINS FIVE AWARDS IN THE 2019 GLOBAL IT CHALLENGE

Final call… (Deadline: October 30, 2019) Are you a Filipino graphic artist or layout artist (with or without disabilities)? You might be interested to join the NCDA Logo Design Contest! NCDA is looking for a new LOGO for its expansion facility, the Disability Resource and Development Center (DRDC). DRDC envisions to be a one-stop shop continue reading : Final Call – NCDA Logo Design Contest

The Presidential Human Rights Committee Secretariat of the Office of the President is pleased to share the availability of vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. As mandate holders, i.e., special rapporteurs, independent experts, working group members, their specific functions are defined in the UN continue reading : Applications for thirteen vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed atthe 43rd session of the Human Rights Council

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Now on its fifth year, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and the Department of Information, Communication Technology (DICT) hold its National PWD IT Competition recently at the DICT Campus, Valenzuela City. This is in preparation for the upcoming 2019 Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities that will be held on November continue reading : NCDA, DICT holds ICT 2019 Challenge for Youth with Disabilities

OIC Carmen R. Zubiaga of the NCDA during the DSWD 2019 Mid-Year NMDC   NCDA OIC CARMEN ZUBIAGA PRESENTS POLICY ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS  DURING THE DSWD 2019 MID-YEAR NATIONAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (NMDC) DSWD Secretary and NCDA Chairperson, Rolando Joselito Bautista leads  the conduct of the Conference.          During the recent 2019 DSWD Mid-Year continue reading : NCDA OIC CARMEN ZUBIAGA PRESENTS POLICY ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THE DSWD 2019 MID-YEAR NATIONAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (NMDC)

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Around 300 blind and visually impaired student-athletes from 43 elementary, Special Education and high schools from the National Capital Region, Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4-A participated in the 11th Visually Impaired Sports and Training Advocacy (VISTA) Games recently held at the Marikina Sports Center.   It was organized by Parent Advocates of Visually Impaired Children continue reading : NCDA supports 11th VISTA Games

The Paralym Art World Cup Organizing Committee recognized the artworks made by persons with autism in the Philippines during the Paralym Art World Contest 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. The artworks of Victor Francesco C. Cham entitled “Sinulog” and Carlo Gregorio M. Veluz entitled “Roads to the Festival” were given the Top 2 highest scores for continue reading : Paralym Art World Cup 2018 Competition for Artists with Disabilities

The Australia Awards Postgraduate Scholarship is now accepting applications until 30 April 2019 and it is open to all citizens regardless of gender, ethnicity and disability. The scholarship program allows Filipino to experience world-class education at Australia’s premier universities. They welcome applications from individuals who have the potential to contribute to the following priority areas: continue reading : Application for Australia Awards is Now Open!

The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) together with the Philippine Sports Association for the Differently-Abled (Philspada) recently held a national tryout for Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team at the Philippine Sports Arena in Pasig City. Six (6) women with disabilities participated in the tryout pool conducted by head coaches for men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball continue reading : NCDA, Philspada holds Women’s Wheelchair Basketball tryout

Feedback Report of Attendance to the Turnover of Wheelchairs by the Knights of Columbus’ Global Wheelchair Mission (GWM) to its Beneficiaries held at the Parish of Our Lord of Divine Mercy, Sikatuna Village, Diliman, Quezon City on January 26, 2019

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President RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE signed the accession of the Philippines to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled last 12 November 2018. See full text of the instrument of accession See signed copy of the the instrument of accession On the other continue reading : Philippines Acceded to the Marrakesh Treaty

The National Council on Disability Affairs Officer-in-Charge, Carmen R. Zubiaga recently presented its current initiatives to promote inclusiveness of children with disabilities. Speaking before a hundred children, parents and caregivers who participated in the “Cavite Provincial Children’s Conference” organized by the Cavite Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office and the Cavite Provincial Council for the continue reading : NCDA OIC ZUBIAGA PROMOTES INCLUSIVENESS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES