Birthday cash gift to Persons with Disabilities

The City of Taguig grants a Php 1,000 birthday cash gift to registered People With Disabilities (PWDs) through the enactment of the City Ordinance No. 18 Series of 2017.

Taguig Disability Resource and Development Center

Located at Ipil-ipil Street, Barangay North Signal, the Taguig Disability Resource and Development Center is a 6-storey facility offers free speech therapy, adult and pediatric physical therapy, occupational therapy, and consultations with a rehabilitation medical doctor and developmental pediatrician.

It can also host free livelihood and developmental training programs.

Features:

• Therapy room
• Consultation room
• Multi-sensory Integration room
• Training rooms
• Conference room
• Pantry
• E-library

The application, processing, and issuance of PWD ID can also be processed in the Center.

Job Fairs and Livelihood Program for Persons with Disabilities

Led by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO), Mega job fairs and livelihood seminars are conducted to give opportunities to PWDs. Livelihood training program are taught such as:

• Perfume making
• Fabric Conditioner making
• Dishwashing liquid making

They are also given starter kits to jumpstart their businesses. A career talk is also conducted.

Visit the following Facebook pages for the job fairs and livelihood seminars announcement:

• Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office-Taguig
• PESO Taguig LGU

Paralympics

Annual sports event for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). It is a collaboration project between the Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO) and Sports Development Office (SDO).

Different sports were played such as:

• Sitting Volleyball
• Goal Ball
• Chess
• Chess for the blind
• Badminton
• Darts
• Shoot Out

Monthly Allowance for Officers of the Barangay Association of Persons With Disabilities of Taguig City (BAPDTC)

Monthly allowances for:

• President - Php 3,000
• Officers - Php 2,000
• Coordinators - Php 1,000