From National
Council on
Disability Affairs
• Provide sign language interpretation and closed
captioning in digital platforms
• Strengthen information dissemination of the programs of
different agencies and organizations
• Address accessible transportation for persons with
disabilities and include the Department of Transportation
in the next discussion
• Establish employers network at employers forum that
would include establishments, PDAO, LGUs, and different
concerned stakeholders
• Include Department of Tourism for Accessible Tourism
next time as this would be a good opportunity for
employment for persons with disabilities aside from the
influx of persons with disabilities and senior citizens
tourists local as well as international as soon as our
tourism will be fully opened after this pandemic
• Create a tripartite agreement with the departments,
federation, and NCDA so that the programs would be
directed to the federation of persons with disabilities
• Give credible data to everyone in order to create policies
and programs based on the needs of persons with
disabilities
• Look into/amend BP 433 as to why it is not implemented
properly
• Focus on the employment and livelihood of persons with
disabilities during this time of pandemic through
coordination with NGOs such as Project Inclusion and
LCDPFI
• Continuous capacity building of persons with disabilities
• Skills matching for persons with disabilities
• Given that the massage industry is unlikely to rise
anymore during the pandemic, NCDA will focus more on
the skills training of the blind
• Focus also on children with disabilities to give them the
opportunity to study Disseminate the best practices of
organizations so others can follow
• Strengthen PDAO locally