12/03/2026
The Autism Care Act is moving forward, but this is also a reminder that support should extend to the entire disability community. Many laws in the Philippines already protect the rights of persons with disabilities, but awareness and proper implementation remain important.
Every child, every adult, and every family deserves access to services, protection, and true inclusion. ๐
๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ + ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐
Marami ang nakakita ng balita na ang ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ (๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ญ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฎ)ay pasado na sa 2nd reading sa Senado. Good news ito dahil layunin nitong gumawa ng ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ para mas maging organized ang screening, services, at support for individuals on the autism spectrum.
Pero habang pinag-uusapan natin ang autism, mahalaga ring tandaan na ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐.
May mga existing laws na sumasaklaw sa ibaโt ibang disabilities, tulad ng:
โข ๐ฟ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข๐
โข ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ
โข ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ
โข ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ
โข ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ (๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ช๐๐ก)
Halimbawa:
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐
Ito ang pangunahing batas na nagpoprotekta sa karapatan ng lahat ng PWDs, kabilang ang access sa education, employment, healthcare, at protection laban sa discrimination.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ โ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ช๐๐
Nagbibigay ng 20% discount at VAT exemption sa medicines, medical services, transportation, at iba pang basic needs.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ โ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ช๐๐
Pinapalakas nito ang proteksyon laban sa discrimination at nagbibigay ng mas malinaw na penalties sa mga lumalabag sa karapatan ng PWDs.
๐ก Ibig sabihin: habang may mga specific bills na nakatuon sa isang disability (tulad ng autism), may mga ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
Ang tunay na goal ng advocacy ay hindi kung sino ang โ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป,โ kundi kung paano ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ - bata man o adult.
Because every child, every adult, and every family in the disability community deserves:
โ๏ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
โ๏ธ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐
โ๏ธ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐
โ๏ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ โ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
Letโs continue raising awareness not only for autism, but for the entire disability community. ๐