03/08/2026
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The city's Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) reported that there are already 12,569 registered persons with disabilities in the city.
PDAO head Dr. Samuel G. Aquino said the registration of persons with disabilities is a continuing initiative of the city government to establish the city's database of persons with disabilities, which will serve as the basis for the formulation of programs, projects, and activities for the benefit of members of this vulnerable and marginalized sector.
He said that the updated data on the number of registered persons with disabilities in the city was gathered by the PDAO from September 2019 up to July 22, 2026.
The PDAO head stated that there are ten types of disabilities as per the classification of the health department, namely: deaf or hard of hearing, intellectual disability, learning disability, mental disability, psychosocial disability, speech and language impairment, visual disability, cancer, rare disease, and physical or orthopedic disability.
Aquino urged persons with disabilities who fall under any of the aforementioned categories to register with the PDAO so they can be issued a person with disability identification card, which will allow them to avail of the benefits attached to it.
He underscored that barangay officials play an important role in facilitating the registration of persons with disabilities in their respective barangays, so that the city government can realize its desired database of persons with disabilities and the types of disabilities they have.
According to him, the Local Council on Disability Affairs (LCDA), through the PDAO, successfully engaged in various activities during the first semester, such as the first quarter meeting, Autism Consciousness Week, quarterly district-based leadership training, Sensitivity Inclusion Approach, Cancer Month, National Down Syndrome Consciousness, Rare Disease Day Seminar, Women with Disabilities Month, Happy Walk World Down Syndrome, Disability Rights-Based Conference, quarterly Federation of Persons with Disabilities town hall meeting, Summer Camp for Children with Disabilities, second quarter meeting with the LCDA, quarterly district-based leadership training, Persons with Disability Para Tournament, Philippine National Para Games, and team building, among others. โ Dexter A. See
