Question & AnswerQ&A (NCWDP)
The rules are officially titled as the Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9442, an Act Amending Republic Act No. 7277, Otherwise known as the 'Magna Carta for Disabled Persons,' granting additional privileges and incentives and prohibitions on verbal, non-verbal ridicule and vilification against persons with disability.
The purpose is to prescribe the procedures and guidelines for the implementation of Republic Act No. 9442 to facilitate compliance and achieve the objectives of the law.
These rules shall be construed liberally and in favor of persons with disability, in accordance with the policies and objectives of the law.
Persons with Disability are individuals suffering from restriction or different abilities due to mental, physical, or sensory impairment that limits activities in a manner or range considered normal for human beings.
Persons with disability are entitled to at least twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to basic services including hotels, restaurants, recreation centers, medicines, transportation, and education.
No, the twenty percent (20%) discount applies exclusively to persons with disability only; no discount is extended to companions without disability.
Discounts apply to domestic air and sea travel fares, bus fares including ordinary and aircon, public railways such as LRT, MRT, PNR, and toll fees for skyways and expressways, subject to certain conditions.
Penalties include a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) but not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) or imprisonment of six months to two years for the first violation, and higher fines or longer imprisonment for subsequent violations. Corporations may face penalties against responsible officials, and foreigners may be deported after serving sentences.
The law prohibits acts of public ridicule such as making fun, mockery, or offensive imitation of persons with disability, and vilification including slanderous or abusive statements, incitement of hatred, serious contempt or severe ridicule against persons with disability.
They may present an identification card issued by the city or municipal mayor or barangay captain, their passport, or a Transportation Discount Fare Identification Card issued by the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP).