This document discusses various types of disabilities including physical, sensory, intellectual, mental health, and developmental disabilities. It defines disability and impairment and outlines some key issues faced by persons with disabilities such as high unemployment rates, violence, and lack of access to education. Some key facts are provided such as 10% of the world's population living with a disability, with 90% of children with disabilities in developing countries not attending school. The document also discusses the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons of the Philippines which outlines principles and policies to support the rights and integration of persons with disabilities.

1. Persons with DisabiltiesGroup 5: Baltazar – Enriquez – Merilo – Liveta NSTP-CWTS

2. A disability is caused by impairments to various subsystems of the body - these can be broadly sorted into the following categories.Indicators of a person who is considered to have disabilities:Physical

3. Cognitive

4. Mental

5. Sensory

6. Emotional

7. DevelopmentalTYPES OF DISABILITIES

8. Physical Disability -Any impairment which limits the physical function of limbs or fine or gross motor ability is a physical disability.

9. Sensory Disability - is impairment of one of the senses. The term is used primarily to refer to vision and hearing impairment, but other senses can be impaired.Visual impairmentHearing impairmentOlfactory and gustatory impairmentSomatosensory impairmentBalance disorder

10. Intellectual Disability - is a broad concept that ranges from mental retardation to cognitive deficits too mild or too specific to qualify as mental retardation. Intellectual disabilities may appear at any age.

11. Mental Health and Emotional Disabilitiesis a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which are not a part of normal development or culture.

12. The recognition and understanding of mental health conditions has changed over time and across cultures, and there are still variations in the definition, assessment, and classification of mental disorders, although standard guideline criteria are widely accepted.Developmental Disabilityis any disability that results in problems with growth and development.

13. Congenital medical conditions that have no mental or intellectual components, for example spina bifida (Congenital disorder: Not fully formed vertebrae overlying the spinal cord).Magna Carta for Disabled Persons of the Philippines-- important Sections

14. Chapter 1. Basic PrincipleSection 2. Declaration Policy. The Grant of the rights and priveleges for disabled persons shall be guided by the following principles: a) Disabled Persons are part of the society, thus State shall give full support to the improvement of the total well-being of disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of the society. Toward this end, the state shall adopt policies ensuring them to complete favorably for available opportunities.b) Disabled persons have the same rights as other people to take their proper place in the society. They should be able to live freely and as independently as possible. This must be the concern of everyone, the family, the community, and all the government and non-governmental organizations. Disabled persons’ rights must perceived as welfare services by the government.

15. c) The rehabilitation of the disabled persons shall be the concern of the government in order to foster their capacity to attain a more meaningful, productive, and satisfying life. d) The State also recognizes the role of private sector in promoting the welfare of disabled persons and shall encourage partnership in programmes that address their needs and concerns.e) To facilitate integration of disabled persons into the mainstream of society, The State shall advocate for and encourage respect for disabled persons. The State shall exert all efforts to remove all social, cultural, economic, environmental, and attitudinal barriers that are prejudicial to disabled persons.

16. Section 4. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act, these terms are defined as follows:a) Disabled persons are those suffering from restriction or different abilities, as a result of a mental, physical or sensory impairment, to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.b) Impairment is any loss, diminution or aberration of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure.c) Disability shall mean 1. a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more psychological, physiological or anatomical function of an individual or activities of such individual; 2. a record of such an impairment; or 3. being regarded as having such an impairment.

17. d) Handicap refers to a disadvantage for a given individual resulting from an impairment or a disability, that limits or prevents the function or activity, that is considered normal given the age and sex of the individual.e) Rehabilitation is an integrated approach to physical, social, cultural, spiritual, educational, and vocational measures that create conditions for the individual to attain the highest possible level of functional ability.f) Social barriers refer to the characteristics of institutions whether legal, economic, cultural, recreational or other, any human group, community, or society which limit the fullest possible participation of disabled persons in the “life of the group”.g) Auxiliary aids and Servicesh) Reasonable accommodation

18. i) Sheltered employment refers to the provision of productive work for disabled persons through workshops providing special facilities, income producing projects or homework schemes with a view to giving them the opportunity to earn a living

19. Main Issues faced by the Sector

20. EmploymentAn estimated 386 million of the world’s working-age people are disabled, says the International Labor Organization (ILO). Unemployment among the disabled is as high as 80 per cent in some countries. Often employers assume that persons with disabilities are unable to work.