F o r instance, C e b u P a c i f i c A i r ' s G e n e r a l T e r m s a n d
of Carriage o f Passengers and Package provides:
Conditions
"5'6
5.6.1 During booking, a PWD or PRM is entitled to a twenty
percent
(20%) discount
on regular fare for domestic
air trave
upon presentation
of a valid Identification
Card issued by th
National
Council
on Disability
Affairs
(NCDA)
or a
local
government
unit The 20% discount shall be applicable only for
fares and for payment over the counter and
This i s a n example
o f systemic barrier w h i c h consti
discrimination o n the basis o f disability. Discrimination o n the
o f disability is a n y distinction, exclusion o r restriction o n t h e
d i s a b i l i t y w h i c h h a s t h e p u r p o s e o r effect o f i m p a i r i n g o r n u l
t h e recognition, e n j o y m e n t o r exercise, o n a n equal basis w i t h o
of all h u m a n rights a n d fundamental freedoms i n t h e poli
e c o n o m i c , s o c i a l , c u l t u r a l , c i v i l o r a n y o t h e r field.
I t incl
forms
o f discrimination,
including
denial
of
reason
accomniodation.
P r o c l a m a t i o n N o . 3 6 1 , as a m e n d e d b y A d m i n i s t r a t i v e O r d e r N o
3512, w a s s i g n e d i n 19 A u g u s t 2 0 0 0 , c a l l s f o r a w e e k l o n g c e l e b r a t i o
the National Disability Prevention
a n d Rehabilitation
wh
endeavors to stimulate public awareness o n disability and encou
every citizen t o take active responsibility i n t h e u p l i f t m e n t
e c o n o m i c a n d social conditions o f all persons w i t h disabilities
society.
F o r this year's celebration, i t aspires t o m a i n s t r e
include disability agenda i n all programs o f government and
government organizations i n order t o fulfill their obligatio
p e r s o n s w i t h d i s a b i l i t i e s as d u t y b e a r e r s .
I n N o v e m b e r 2013, President Benigno S. A q u i n o I I I sign
P r o c l a m a t i o n N o . 6 8 8 declaring the period o f 2013-2022 as
Philippine Decade of the Incheon Strategy to " M a k e the Right R
f o r P e r s o n s w i t h D i s a b i l i t i e s i n s u p p o r t o f t h e 3'^'* A s i a n a n d
Decade o f Persons w i t h Disabilities.
T h e I n c h e o n Strategy provides t h e A s i a n a n d Pacific region,
t h e w o r l d , w i t h t h e first s e t o f r e g i o n a l l y a g r e e d d i s a b i l i t y d e v e l o p m e n t goals. I t w i l l enable t h e A s i a n a:id Pacific regi
track progress towards i m p r o v i n g t h e quality o f life, a n
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