People with disabilities are everywhere. Most are constrained in homes, while others are left with no choice but to beg in the streets.
When I was 7 years old, I started to lose my sight. I first had blurry vision and was sent to different hospitals for diagnosis and treatments. Eventually, things worsened and I became completely blind. Doctors told me that retinal detachment caused my blindness. I thought finishing my degree would be my greatest ordeal, but I was wrong. Finding a job was and still is the most difficult thing. I know finding employment is a universal problem, but for us PWDs, it is our lifelong trial.
I have applied for more than 30 jobs around Metro Manila. – all office-based jobs, so it meant going through a lot of excruciating commuting just to get to their locations. And while I would always pass the first and/or second screening, I would never bag the final screening.
Where are the Filipinos with more cash than they’ll ever spend but so uncaring that they cannot set up and fund a program for PWD to start their own business? Sari sari store? Coffee shop? Why not let PWDs band together and work for themselves? career