Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

April 9, 2023 Dear Desirre Lozano, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 04, 2023 04:09:31 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Number of children who have autism aging 6-16 in Marikina City and Pasig City. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following: 1) Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/168274 Table C. Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Age Group, Sex, Domain or Type of Functional Difficulty, and Level of Severity: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/%28approved%29Statistical%20Tables%20on%20Functional%20Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx 2) National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2016%20NDPS.pdf https://psa.gov.ph/ndps For more information on this, you may also coordinate with the National Council on Disability Affairs (https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/) or the Department of Health (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