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Timeline of the
Development
of Special Education

od several
challenges,
The development of special education had experienced several che
bones, and aspirations among people with learning disabilities, parents, and fam
with family members who have special learning needs and to people who advo,
fairness, and acceptance of people with special learning needs. To date, the
longing to inclusive education for people with special learning needs is at front. It
is an everyday battle for societal empowerment gearing towards inclusion
without prejudice discrimination and stigma.
The tables below are attestations on how far the course of special
education have gone so far. It specifically indicates the event date, event title,
and event descriptionof each important happenings in the field of
special education. These events were summarized an adapted
from the original work of de Torres, 2008; and Inciong, Quijano,
Capulong, Gregorio and Gines (2007) (as cited in
https://www.scribd.com/doc/215003780/Timeline-of-the-
Development-of-SPED-inclu ding-History-of-SPED-in-the-
Philippines)

Event Title
Event Description
Event
Date
1817
American Asylum First special education school in the United States,
the for the Education American Asylum for the Education and
Instruction of the and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb (now called the
American School for the the Deaf and Dumb : Deaf), was established
in Hartford.

1840
Law
Mandating
Compulsory
Education
Rhode Island passed a law education for all children mandating compulsory.
Compulsory education is education which children
are required by law to receive and governments
to provide.

Association of
the Instructors
of the
:: Blind
The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind offer comprehensive
educational programs for hearing impaired
and visually impaired students.
1886
American
Association on
Mental Deficiency
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(AAIDD) (formerly the American Association on
Mental Retardation (AAMR) is formed to advocate
for handicapped people's rights.
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1918
Compulsory
Education
By 1918 all States have mandated compulsory
education,

1919
Wisconsin Supreme Schools could exclude a student who had been
attending Court, in Beattie vs. public school until the 5th grade.
Board of Education

192
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Council for
· Exceptional
Children
The International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children is
organized by a group of administrators and
supervisors attending the summer session at
Teachers College, Columbia University, and
their faculty members on August 10, 1922. The
Council begins with 12 members. Elizabeth E.
Farrell was the Founder and first President, 1922 26.

1930
First White Cane
Ordinance
 1930, in Peoria, Illinois, the first white cane ordinance gave
individuals with blindness the right-of-way
when crossing the street.

1931
The Bradley
Home
The Bradley Home, the first psychiatric hospital for children in
the United States, was established in East
Providence, Rhode Island.

1933
Cuyahoga
Council for
Retarded
Citizens
Parental Advocacy Group composed of five
mothers of children with mental retardation who
came in Cuyahoga, Ohio to protest their children's
exclusion from public schools. Led to the
establishment of a special class for their children,
even though the parents sponsored the class.

1939
Cuyahoga County
Court of Appeals,
Ohio
Ruled that the statute mandating compulsory attendance
gave state department authority to exclude
certain students.

1940
Beginning of the
modern Special
Education
Movement &
National Foundation
for the Blind &
American
Federation of the
Physically.
Handicapped
This decade is considered the beginning of the modern Special Education
Movement, During World War II, many young
soldiers sustained injuries that resulted in lifelong
disabilities. The need for educational and
employment opportunities and services for
these young men created legislation that would
precede Special Education legislation.

*National Foundation for the Blind is formed

and advocate for white cane laws and input from the blind
on a variety of programs.

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*American Federation of the Physically Handicapped is formed- advocated for

the end-of-job discrimination.

1943
Classification of
 Autism
The classification of Autism was introduced by Dr. Leo Kanner of John
Hopkins University.

1945
public Law 176:
National Employ the
Handicapped
Week
Public Law 176 created more awareness for possibilities
for employment of the "handicapped."

1946
The Cerebral Palsy Society is formed by parents
in NYC.
Cerebral Palsy.
Society

1947
Perkins Brailler
Develope
d
The Perkins Brailler is developed; printing of large type books is initiated.

1950
National
Association
for Retarded
Citizens
(ARC)
ARC was founded in 1950. It helped identify children with disabilities and
mental retardation and bring them out of their
houses.

1951
First institution for
research for
exceptional
children
The first institution for research on exceptional children opened at the
University of Illinois.

1953
At-Home Attendant
Care
Provided
Los Angeles County provided at-home attendant care to adults with polio as a
cost- saving alternative to hospitalization.

1954
Brown vs. Board of In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
Education and Social separating children in public schools on the
basis of race
Security Act unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial
Amendment segregation in the schools of the United States,
overruling
the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case

*Social Security Act of 1935 was amended by PL 83-761 to include a freeze

provision for workers who were forced by
disabilities to leave the workforce. This protected
their benefits by freezing their retirement benefits at
 their pre-disability level.

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Council for the Council for the Exception Children's Journal made a case Exception
Children's for ending the segregation of disabled students.
Journal

1956
Social Security
Amendment of 1956
Social Security Amendments of 1956 created the
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
program for disabled workers aged 50 to 64.

1960
S tates started their . In the 1960s states started setting up their own
special
own Special education programs.
Education

1961
President's Panel on
Mental Retardation
President John F. Kennedy appointed
President's Panel on Mental
 Retardation.
a
special

1963
Association for
Children with
Learning
Disabilities
Parents first joined forces at a national conference held in Chicago in
1963. There they formed the Association for
Children with Learning Disabilities.

1964
Civil Rights
Act
Made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other
characteristics illegal.

1965
Elementary and
Secondary
Education
Act (ESEA) &
Amendments
*President Johnson's legislative plan termed, "War on
Poverty". As Daniel Schugurensky states the act
"was developed under the principle of redress, which
established that children from low-income homes
required more from low-income homes required more
Educational Inequalities) The act proved to be a
catalyst for future educational legislation. A few of the pivotal
 acts that derived from the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) include the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the
Bilingual Education Act, and the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act. *ESEA Amendments - First
Federal grants to states schools for the education
children with disabilities.

1966
Elementary and Transferred authority from the Director of OEO to the
U.S. Secondary Education Commissioner of Education
(Department of Health, Act Amendments of Education and Welfare)
Federal grants to local schools.
1966
Not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent reserved for special
projects and teacher training (Sections 309 b and
c) National Advisory Council on Adult Education
and Bureau of Education for the Handicapped
established.

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Elementary and
Established programs to improve special education
in $100,000 was provided as the base for the state Secondary
Education $100,000 was pro
and Private non-profit agencies added as eligible in 'Act
 Amendments of 1968
grant recipients.

1970
Elementary and
! Foto
Elementary and Established a core grant program for local education Secondary
Education agencies. Revised statement of purpose to include adulto Act
Amendments of who had attained age 16 and had not graduated from
1970
high school, State allotment base raised to
$150,000, Special emphasis given to adult basic
education, presidentially appointed National Advisory
Council on Adult Education established, 5 percent
administrative cost authorized

1971
Pennsylvania
Association for
Retarded
Children
(PARC) cs.
Pennsylvani
a
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children, along with parents of children with mild to
severe disabilities, sued the state and won their case to
appropriate education (FAPE)
establish a free and
for all children with mental retardation between
the ages the ages of 6 and 21 in Pennsylvania.

1972
Mills vs. District of . Columbia
Board of
 Education
The Mills suit brought on behalf of over 18,000 children in the District, based on the
14th amendment and that children with
claimed
disabilities were excluded from public education
without due process.

1973
Rehabilitation
'Act
The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in
programs conducted by Federal agencies, in
programs receiving Federal financial assistance,
in Federal employment, and in the
employment practices of Federal
contractors. The standards for determining
employment discrimination under the Rehabilitation
Act are the same as those used in title I of the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Rights of the
handicapped in employment and education are
ensured through section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Amendments.
1974 Elementary and Appropriate education for all children with
disabilities.
Secondary Education Community school program was added,
State'allotment Act Amendments of revised, State plan expanded to
include institutionalized
1974
adults, Cap on adult secondary education at 20
percent, provided for bilingual adult education, 15
percent for special projects and teacher
training, Special projects for
the elderly, State advisory councils could be
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and maintained, National Advisory Council on Adult Education to include limited English-
speaking members.

1975
Education for All
Handicapped
Children Act
"Specific learning disabilities” was recognized and
added as a new disability category in The
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.
The EAHCA was intended to provide administrators
with proof of compliance, teachers with formalized
plans, parents with a voice, and students with an
appropriate education. Along with assurances of
nondiscriminatory evaluation, individualized
educational planning, and education in the least
restrictive environment.

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Raymond Kurzweil develops Kurzweil Reader that
translates material into synthesized speech.

1978
First Issue of Journal of Special Education
Technology.
Journal of
Special
 Technolog
y

1979
school year. *First
NECC
Armstrong vs. Kline *Armstrong-
extended
& NECC Conference conference is
held.

1981
Espino vs.
Besteiro *S-1 vs.
Turlington
* Espino-Cube within a classroom-U.S.
District concluded that placement in a "cube" was
not the maximum extent appropriate to achieve
peer interaction nor was the placement to the
maximum extent practicable. *S-1 discipline

1982
Board of Education
of Hendrick
Hudson
School District
vs. Rowley
m
In the Rowley case the court ruled, "once a court determines that the
requirements of the act have been
et, questions of methodology are for the resolution by the state." Parents do not have
a right to compel a school district to provide specific
programs. The Rowley case is often cited by school
districts for the general proposition that the school
 district or municipality need not provide "optimum"
services, and need only provide services which are
"appropriate."

1983
Education for
All
Handicapped
Children Act of 1983
Roncker vs. Walter
*The title of the act was changed by amendments in
1983 This law allows for federal funding to create
parent training and information centers (PIC) so that
parents could learn how to protect the rights that PL 94-
142 guarantees their child. PL 98-199 also provided
financial incentives to expand services for children from
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*Critical Analysis of Segregated Placements-
"Ra. Test" whether segregated placement
could be moda and provided in a mainstream
classroom.
disabilities. nits- "Roncker d be modified

1984
 Hurry vs. Jones &
Irving ISD vs.
Tatro
*Hurry - Door to Door transportation. State must giver door to door
transportation service to the educar program in
which he is enrolled.
*Irving - Related Services. Medical Services are on excluded if they have to be
administered by hospital on physician. Developed
two-step analysis to determine related services.

1985
Aguilar vs. Felton
&
Burlington School
Committee vs.
Dept.
of Ed. Of
Massachuset
ts
*New York City uses federal funds received under
the Title I program of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to pay the
salaries of public school employees who teach in
parochial schools in the city. That program
authorized federal financial assistance to local
educational institutions to meet the needs of
educationally deprived children from low- income
families. *Burlington- Tuition reimbursement for
private school placement.

1986
Education for All
 Handicapped
Children Act of
1986 & Alama
Heights ISD
vs. State Board
of Education &
Max M.
vs. Illinous State
Board of Education
& Regular
Education
Initiative
*In 1986, an amendment to the EHA, extended
the purpose of EHA to include children ages 0-5
and included: To extend the guarantee to a Free
and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to
children with disabilities, ages 3-5. To establish
Early Intervention Programs (EIP) for infants and
toddlers with disabilities, ages 0-2. To develop an
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) for
each family with an infant/toddler with disabilities.
*Alama Heights ISD vs. State Board of Education (Year
Round Services) The School District is required to
provide a "free appropriate public education." The
some educational-benefit standard does not mean
that the requirements of the Act are satisfied so
long as a handicapped child's progress, absent
summer services, is not brought "to a virtual standstill."
Rather, if a child experiences severe or substantial
regression during the summer months in the absence of a
summer program, the handicapped child may be
entitled to year-round services.
*Max M v. Illinois Board of Education
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Services and Counseling.) The district court opinion dealt with the
substantive issue of whether "psychotherapy"
was a related service. The holding was in the
affirmative, along with the lines of the Garret. F.
case. The court simply asked whether the service
was capable of being delivered by a non-
physician; answer was yes. The district had to
reimburse the parents at the cost level of a non-
physician. *Regular Education Initiative
established.
1987
A.W. vs. Northwest
R-1 School District &
Talking Textwrite
*A.W. vs. Northwest R-1 School District (Cost as
a Consideration) Congress provided limited
resources to the states to implement the policy
of educating all disabled students, and the
sufficiency of that education must be evaluated in
light of the available resources. *Talking text write
created.

1988
Lachman vs. Illinios
State Bd. Of Ed.
& Honig vs. Doe &
 Spielberg vs.
Henrico
*Lachman-District Determines Methodology.
School System didn't want to place student in
mainstream classroom. Court quotes Rowley
case- question of methodology are ruled by
the state.
*Honig v. Doe "stay put" provision prohibits
schools from
· excluding students from classrooms for misconduct that is due
their disability. *Spielberg-Change of Placement.

1989
*Daniel R.R- When segregated
placement is appropriate. Determines
the least environment
restrictiv
e
Daniel R. R. vs.
State Board of
Education &
Timothy W. vs.
Rochester, NH
School District &
"Hendricks vs.
Gilhool & Goals
2000
Summit
*"Zero Rejection" States must give free
appropriate public education and doesn't ask any level
of achievement be derived from an individual's education.

*Hendricks-Comparable facilities. Special

 Education classrooms have to be comparable to facilities
available for children in regular classrooms.

*Goals 2000 Summit

1990
Education for All
Handicapped
Children Act of 1990
& Americans with
Disabilities Act
*EHA named changed to Individuals with
Disabilities Act (IDEA). It guarantees equal
opportunity for individuals with disabilities in
employment, public accommodations,
transportation, State and local government services, and
telecommunications. *P.L. 101-336 Americans
with Disabilities Act prevents discrimination
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1993
Oberti & Rachel H. &
 Florence County S.D.
four vs. Carter &
Zobrest vs. Catalina
Foothills
S.D.
*Oberti and Rachel H. (Educating in regular classro The
central issue in this case concerns appropriateness
of an IEP which recomme placement of the child in
a "segregated" program outside the child's
"home" district. Cases are proponents of the least
restrictive environment.

*Florence County-Tuition Reimbursement

*Zobrest-Established clause in parochial
schools.

1994
Parents of Student
W.
Parents of Student W. -Due Process: Ten Day Rule.
When a student poses a potential threat to others
he may be suspended for up to 10 days. When
suspension totals more than 10 days, this
constitutes a change in placement. In addition,
schools will have to judge whether handicapping
condition is the cause and if so whether the
student's current program and placement is
appropriate.

1995
Poolaw vs.
Bishop
Poolaw - Requirement that schools provide
Individualized programs tailored to the needs of
each child with disabilities must be balanced.
 1996
Telecommunications Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Act of 1996 & Seattle mandates that telecommunications
equipment and School District No. 1 services - including cell phones
and plans - are provided VS. B.S. & Fulginiti vs. so that someone with a
disability can use them.
Roxbury Township
Public Schools &
K.R.
*Seattle School District, No. 1 vs. B.S.
(placement of
students) Whether the District failed to provide FAPE. vs.
Anderson
The facts at hearing support a finding that the IEP as Community
School
developed on April 17, 2003 contained measurable goals in the areas of math,
interpersonal skill, and study skills. The Parent agreed at
hearing that the goals were measurable. Parent's
arguments to the contrary in closing arguments were not
persuasive. The District met its burden to state measurable
goals in the areas identified as necessary for the Student
to receive FAPE.

*K.R. Private Schools . *Fulgrini. The court especially focused on the tracheotomy
tube, which required constant monitoring and
clearing
of mucus. At first, the public school provided
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a full-time nurse to provide services to Carissa while at school. The school determined that it
 was not required by law to provide the services due to the
"medical nature" of these provisions, The Court ruled in
they were not required under
favor of the school -
IDEA to provide medical services to the student.

1997
Individuals with
· Disabilities
Education Act
Amendments of
1997 & Morton
Community Unit
School District
No.
709 vs. J.M.
&
Hartmann vs.
Loudon County B
of
Ed.
*This most recent legislation to address students
with disabilities amends and reauthorizes IDEA. One
change was parent participation. Parents” right to
be involved in decision making was significantly
expanded-Prior to IDEA 97, parents were only
guaranteed to be part of the group that developed
their child's IEP. However, with IDEA 97 Congress further
strengthened and specified parents“ role in their
child's IEP.
1999
Cedar Rapids
Community School
District vs. Garret
F..
Cedar Rapids- Nursing as a related service. Medical
services are those offered by a physician.
Services that can be provided in school by a nurse
or layperson are excluded as medical services.

2000
2001
Children's Health Act A long-term study of children's health and
development. No Child Left Behind *On October 3, 2001, President
George Bush established a Act & President's Commission on Excellence
in Special Education to collect
Commission of
information and study issues related to Federal, State,
Excellence in Special
and local special education programs with the
goal of
recommending policies for improving the
education Education & Navin
performance of students with
disabilities. vs. Park Ridge S.D. &
September 11th *On January 8, 2002, President George Bush
signed the
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This act
reauthorized and amended federal education
programs established under the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of
1965. *Navin- Non-custodial parents have
 the right to participate in IEP meetings.
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War in Iraq
2003 U.S goes to war
with Iraq,

2004
Assistive Technology
Act& Individuals with
Disabilities

Education
Improvement
Act
ed, funds 56
state
ve technology ties. *IDEA is
*The "Tech Act," as it is sometimes called, funds
programs designed to address the assistive tech
needs of individuals with disabilities. *ID
reauthorized and aligned with NCLB. The revisi
included early assessment, early intervention,
Univers Design for Learning, and discipline
 procedures.

2005
Schaffer vs. Weast &
Hurricane Recovery
Act
*Schaffer-Party seeking due process bears the burden of proof - this is seen as a
victory for school boards. *Due to Hurricane Katrina
the Hurricane Education Recovery Act was
established to educate those displaced by the
hurricane.

2006
Arlington Central
S.D. vs. Murphy
Arlington- No reimbursement for the cost of experts (eg. Witnesses,
consultants) under IDEA

2007
Winkleman vs. *Winkleman -Parents cannot legally represent their Parma
City S.D. & children in court.
NYC Board of /* Tuition reimbursement is guaranteed for enrollment of
Education vs. Tom F. students with disabilities in private
institutions.

Highlights in the History of Special Education in the

Philippines

Date
 Event 1907' Delia Delight Rice sailed from the United States to Manila on
May 2007.
Shortly after her arrival, she found out the she has no students. But instead of
leaving, she looked for students in the provinces and found Paula Felizardo
first. More students enrolled in the School for the Deaf and
the Blind (SDB) after she successfully taught Paula in a few
months.

Jan
1911
Silent Worker, an international publication for the hearing
impaired, acknowledged that SDB transferred to a new building.

1911 Ms. Rice married Ralph Webber. Although the marriage

ended in 1913, her
official records were filed under her married name.

Feb
1912
Ms. Rice wrote an article in the Silent Worker and Wisconsin Times about
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Rogelio
Rogelio Lagman, an SDB graduate who studied for a year in California,
 came back and was in-charge of classes for the blind in SDB. He
later left in 1920 to establish a carpentry shop that employs the blind.

1915
The Public Welfare Board was created to see social services. It was
laterabolished in 1921 and replaced by the Bureau of Public Welfare,
under the Bureau of Public Instruction.

1916
Ms. Rice worked on the possibility of sending Jose Servilles, an SDB
student, as the first Filipino Gallaudet University student.

1917
Gallaudet University President Percival Hall informed Ms. Rice that
Jose Servilles failed the Gallaudet University admission test.

Jan
1917
The Home for the Orphaned and Destitute Children was built. It was later
called Unit A and became one of the eight Welfareville Institutions
under Act 3203, the "first socialized law the Philippines ever
had under the American regime."

1920
Pedro Santos, another SDB graduate, studied in California for a
year before going to Gallaudet University.

De
c
1925
Welfareville, also known as the "Children's Village,” was established in
a forty-hectare lot in Mandaluyong.
1926
Pedro Santos went back to the Philippines and established the
Philippine Association for the Deaf.
)

1949
The Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled started to
help in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. Later on, they
facilitated teacher training in special education,

1955
Dr. Matilde Valdes' interest in special education was ignited when she
was inadvertently hospitalized at the National Orthopedic Hospital.

May
1956
Ms. Amelita Lita Servando established the Special Child Study Center
in Manila, the first special school for children with mental retardation in
the Philippines.

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Special Child Study Center began to systematically train. They began with Special
two-month summer workshops which culminated their co-sponsorsh the
First Institute in Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded other co-
sponsors were the Bureau of Public Schools and Philippine Men Health.
March
1959
Bureau of Public Schools issued a memorandum that called for the
development of classes for educable students with mental retardation.

1959
Thirty-two first-year high school students were selected from
several schools using competitive tests and were put together in one
class. They became the first batch of the Manila Science High
School in 1963.

1961
The SDB historical marker was unveiled during the honorary dinner for
Delia Delight Rice which she attended.

1962
The First National Seminar in Special Education was held in the
historic School for the Deaf and the Blind from November 29 to
December 5.

July
1998
Centers for Excellence (CENTEX) schools for poor but
bright children opened in Manila.

1998
"Teaching Filipino Children with Autism," the first reference book on
autism in the Philippines, was published.

Aug
2002
 A National Workshop reviewed the accomplishments of the Asian
Decade of the Disabled.

2003
The Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities started and
ended in 2012.

2007
UP-SPED publishes "Anno B?" an annotated bibliography
in Special Education.
2007
Year-long centennial celebration of special education in the
Philippines.

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Disability Legislation from the National Council on

Disability Affairs
(Formerly National Council for the Welfare of Disabled
Persons)

Date
 Event
1954
R A 1179 - An Act to provide for the Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of
the Blind and Other Handicapped Persons and Their Return
to Civil Employment

1963
RA 3562 - An Act to promote the Education of the Blind in the
Philippines

1965
RA 4564 - An Act Authorizing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
to Hold Annually Special Sweepstakes Race for The Exclusive Use of
the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Welfare Administration, in
its Development and Expansion Program for the Physically Disabled
throughout the Philippines

1969
RA 5250 - An Act Establishing A Ten-Year Training Program for
Teachers of Special and Exceptional Children in the
Philippines and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Thereof

1989
RA 6759 - An Act Declaring August One of each Year as White Cane
Safety Day in the Philippines and for Other Purposes

1991
RA 7277 - An Act Providing for the Rehabilitation, Self-
Development and Self Reliance of Disabled Persons and their
Integration into the Mainstream of Society and for Other Purposes

Executive Orders
(EO)
1987
EO 232 - Providing for the Structural and Functional Reorganization of the
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons and for other
Purposes

1993
EO 385 - Creating a Task Force to Address the Concerns of the Persons
with Disabilities

2005
EO 417 - Directing the Implementation of the Economic
Independence Program for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
2005
EO 437 - Encouraging the Implementation of Community-Based
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(AO)
2002
AO 35 - Directing all Departments, Bureaus, Government-Owned Controlled
Corporations, Government Financial Institutions, Local Gove Units,
State Universities/Colleges and Schools, and
Government/Instrumentalities to Promote and Conduct Relevant
Activ During the Annual Observance of the National Disability
Prevention Rehabilitation Wee
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Proclamations

1965
Proclamation 465 - Declaring the Last Week of February of Every
Year as Leprosy Control Week
1974
Proclamation 603 - Child and
Youth Welfare Code
1975
Proclamation 1385 - Designating the Period from February 14 to 20,
1975, and Every Year Thereafter, as "Retarded Children's Week"
1979
Proclamation 1870 - Declaring the Third Week of July every Year as the
National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
1991
Proclamation 829 - Declaring the Period from November 10-16 of Every
Year as “Deaf Awareness Week" Proclamation 125 - Proclaiming the
Nationwide Observance in the Philippine of Proclamation the Asian and
Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002
 1993

1994
Proclamation 452 - Declaring the Second Week of October of Every Year as
National Mental Health Week
1996
Proclamation 711 - Declaring the Third Week of January as Autism
Consciousness Week
2000
Proclamation 361 - Declaring the Third Week of July as the National Disability
Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which shall Culminate on the Birthdates of the
Sublime Paralytic: Apolinario Mabini on July 23 Each Year
2001
Proclamation 92 - Declaring the Third Week of August of Every Year as Brain Attack
Awareness Week
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Learners

2002
Proclamation 157 - Declaring the Month of February as "National Down
Syndrome Consciousness Month",
2002
Proclamation 240 - Declaring the Period from the Year 2003 to the Year 2012
as the Philippine Decade for Persons with Disabilities
2002
Proclamation 230 - Declaring the First Week of September of Every Year as
the "National Epilepsy Awareness Week"
2003
Proclamation 472 - Declaring the Third Week of October of
Every Year as "National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(AD/HD) Awareness week

2004
Proclamation -588 - Declaring the Period from September 16 to 22, 2004
and Every Year thereafter as Cerebral Palsy Awareness and Protection
Week

2004
Proclamation 657 - Declaring the Year 2000-2010 as the “Bone and Joint
Decade"

2004
Proclamation 658 - Declaring the Third Week of October of
Every Year as “Bone and Joint (Musculo-Skeletal) Awareness
Week"

2004
Proclamation 744 - Declaring the Last Monday of March of
Every Year as Women with Disabilities Day

2006
Proclamation 1157 - Declaring December 3, 2006 and Every Year Thereafter
as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines":
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