RA 7277 - Summary

Republic Act 7277

Magna Carta for Disabled Persons

            This act provides for the rights and privileges of the disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of the society. The State acknowledges the disabled persons as part of the society and that their full potentials have to be developed and improved to achieve total well-being so that they will become independent and functional into the mainstream of the society.  For this reason Republic Act 7277 – Magna Carta for the Disabled Persons has been adopted to ensure their rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance, thereby achieving necessary skills and capabilities to take their essential part in the community.    

            Every citizen should be involved in giving equal rights to the disabled persons that of any other person in the society.  Like any other people, the disabled persons should live free and independent as possible without the discrimination from the society where they belong.  The rehabilitation of the disabled persons should be geared towards community-based programs to encourage full support and participation from the different sectors in the community.  The private sectors are also encouraged to extend their role as partners of the State in the society to foster welfare of disabled persons in programs aimed to respond to their specific special needs.  Thus, cultivating full capabilities of the disabled persons and eventually attain productive and fulfilling life. 

            The State encourages everyone to uphold respect for the disabled persons to make possible their integration into the mainstream society.  It also makes all the efforts to eradicate hindrances that are discriminating the capabilities and potentials of the disabled persons.