Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

January 3, 2023 Dear CJ Yvonne Aberilla, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 14, 2022 09:05:45 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Number of Visual Impairment Facility. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to our published data on functional difficulty as follows: 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 However, we do not have specific data on number of visual impairment facility. You may try to check our MSMEs data: https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9Ocjxs55IwTLgH3Efp8?e=q2Q84y For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLEYxCpW4RrB2wBX1CZ69KwyX0ZmzoVH/view?usp=sharing Or you may try to coordinate with the following agencies: National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/ Blind, Inc. : http://www.blind.org.ph/ Department of Education- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iTCSWS6WNchS1mLSwf9na7hSJ199ebxU Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service