Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

August 10, 2023 Dear Anne Margarette Estacio, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 23, 2023 01:58:26 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Phillipines. Your FOI request is approved. We regret to inform you that we do not have specific data on this. Our related data on this are limited to the following: 1. The number of cases of Autistic children and adult in the Philippines from the year 2019 - present. 2. Top 10 provinces in the Philippines with the most affected cases of children with autism. Census of Population and Housing (CPH) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168274 National Disability Prevalence Survey (NDPS) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/stat-tables https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/index Institutional Population of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/167966 3. Number of facilities ( therapy center, applied behavior center ) in the Philippines. Philippine Statistical Yearbook https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/%28ons-cleared%29_psy2022_manuscript_June29_ONSF%20%281%29-signed.pdf Chapter 12: Social Services Table 12.5 Number of Institutions/Centers/Facilities Involved in the Distribution of Social Services: 2011 to 2018 https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/12_2022.xlsx You may also check our 2020 Census of Population Report No. 6 - Barangay Characteristics publication through this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CzrSh23N9i803bR83Oypn_0ZQspAbd0l/view?usp=sharing As well as 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey publication on this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ehuf3GxvYFhvZvr6VXNL8TTDTx4JkQx6/view?usp=sharing Furthermore, you may also coordinate with Department of Health (DOH) at https://doh.gov.ph/ We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service