Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

September 19, 2023 Dear Jackie Lou Agbon, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 13, 2023 06:15:00 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Statistics on cases of Autism and other related disabilities in the Philippines. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, please be informed that our related data on this are limited to the following: 1. The number of cases of children and adult with Autism spectrum disorder and other related developmental disorders in the Philippines from the year 2010 - present. 2. Top 10 provinces in the Philippines with the most affected cases of children with ASD and other related developmental disorders. 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 Gender and Development https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics 7 Social Welfare and Development https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/social_welfare_and_development Women and Men FactSheet 2023 - Revised https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/phdsd/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_Revised_0.xlsx 3. Number of facilities ( therapy center, applied behavior center ) in the Philippines by region. Census of Population and Housing Report https://psa.gov.ph/publication/census-population-and-housing-report 2020 Census of Population Report No. 6 - Barangay Characteristics Table 1 Number and Percent of Barangays by Characteristics or Facility: Philippines, 2020 https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/main-publication/2_Report%2520No.6_Brgy%2520Characteristics_26April2023_RRDH_CRD-signed.pdf 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 12.1a Household Population and Number of Persons with Disability by Region: 2010 Table 12.1b Household Population with Disability by Age Group and by Sex: 2010 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 For this data, you may try to coordinate with the Department of Health. 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, Rene C. Mendoza (Assistant National Statistician) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service