The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led by Assistant Secretary Noel M. Macalalad, in coordination with the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) headed by OIC/Acting Executive Director Carmen R. Zubiaga, conducted a National Consultation on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10754 “An Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability”. The activity, which was held on September 13, 2016 in Sequoia Hotel, Mother Ignacia Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, was participated in by the PWD Sectoral Council members of the National Anti-Poverty Commission and Disabled People’s Organizations from Regions I, II, IVA, MIMAROPA, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, ARMM and CAR, members of the Drafting Committee on the IRR, and other government and non-government organizations and other stakeholders. [...]