Lived Experiences on Employment of Persons with Disability in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines

Abstract

This study explored the lived experiences of persons with disabilities (PWD) working in the local government offices in Mandaue City, Cebu, in their employment activities to propose measures to enhance their well-being through policy formulation. The study utilized the Qualitative Husserlian phenomenology, with an interview as the source of data collection, and followed Colaizzi’s method of data analysis. The study revealed four emergent themes as follows: (a) deficiencies can be corrected with the right attitude for support; (b) empowering PWDs to augment employment, (c) implementation and compliance needs monitoring, and (d) mobility and accessibility of PWD require private-public partnership. The recommendation includes the creation of a council composed of PWDs, coordination withhiring companies, a non-governmental organization that provides training, and the local government unit (Mandaue City) that will propose a policy creating a council to monitor the implementation of RA 7277 and Batas Pambansa Bilang 344 of 1982 (Accessibility Law) in the City of Mandaue.