Text and photos by VERLIE Q. RETULIN
PARAÑAQUE’S PDAO was established on July 1, 2014. However, an ordinance is still pending at the Sangguniang Panlungsod for its appropriation.
Currently, the office is composed of eight employees, half of whom are PWDs including its head, Arnold Castillo, who has orthopedic disability. Castillo arrives in the office in a wheelchair and tables have to be moved each time so he can be transferred from his wheelchair to his desk.
Paranaque has 3,500 PWDs, based on the data from the City Social Welfare Development Office.
