SPRJULY (Eng)
AKP/july-21-2015
While special registrations in malls are more accessible to P-W-Ds, deaf registrants are not receiving sufficient assistance.
Lawyer Jessica Magbanua of P-W-D group AKAP-Pinoy says the Commission on Elections has to coordinate efforts in assisting those who need sign language interpreters.
During the special registration at SM malls in Manila last Friday, there were sign language interpreters in help desks.
But election personnel were not aware of their presence even if it was the Comelec itself that tapped organizations to help out.
The Link Center for the Deaf and Miriam College-Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf provided interpreters in malls.
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