Philippines

Country Overview

Asia Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD): Country Profile, 2003 (Full text, html, link to APCD Web site)

Disability-Specific Laws

Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, 1992 (Full text, html, link to Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund)

Vocational Rehabilitation Act (Full text, html, link to the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons)

Republic Act No. 3562, An Act to Promote the Education of the Blind in the Philippines (Full text, html, link to the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons)

White Cane Act (Full text, html, link to the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons)

General Laws with Disability Provisions

Labor Code of the Philippines (as amended) (Full text, pdf, link to the Department of Labor and Employment, Government of the Republic of the Philippines)

Social Security Act, 1997 (Full text, html, link to Chan Robles Virtual Law Library)

Information Links in Country

National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons

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