HISTORY:
Inspired by the outcome of the Second National Congress
for the Disabled Persons, held at Bago City last July 26-28, 1990. Messrs. Louie Arches Posa, Mario Abaygar, Henry
Orleans, all with physically impairments went into work right away together
with the active support of the Regional Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (RCWDP) Region VI and the Special Education staff. They organized
the First consultative Meeting of the Disabled Persons in Iloilo City last September 2, 1990.
The consultative meeting was participated in by people with cross ection of disability; the orthpedically handicapped,
the visually and hearing impaired.
Driven by their desire to be organized as a potent group and to have a
vehicle in which they can translate their aspirations into reality, the participants
to the consultative meeting organized the ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED PERSONS-ILOILO, INC. (ADP-II).
On December
3, 1990, ADP-II was duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a non-stock, non-profit organization with registration no. 1001458. Later it became an affiliate member
of the Katipunan ng may Kapansanan sa Pilipinas (KAMPI), a National Federation of Disabled Persons in the Philippines. Now,
ADP-II is accredited by the City and Province of Iloilo, DOLE, DSWD & DOH. It is governed by the Board of
Trustees and Officers being elected every two years.
