Dennis Cunanan Ilaw is a blind writer, and he makes his trade both by writing for commercial and charitable purposes. He has worked with the Department of Education’s in-house Braille printing press for developing educational materials, such as textbooks and translations of major English and Filipino works, for the visually impaired and underprivileged.

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conditions and advocating healthy, productive, and meaningful lives for Persons with
Disability (PWD’s). Dennis is an advocate of greater public awareness and discourse about the
lives of PWD’s, and how they might best be integrated into Philippine society and contribute
to its growth, economy, and culture.
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Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Thirteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand six.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9442 April 30, 2007
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MAGNA CARTA FOR
DISABLED PERSONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. A new chapter, to be denominated as "Chapter 8. Other Privileges and
Incentives" is hereby added to Title Two of Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise known as the
"Magna Carta for Disabled Persons", with new Sections 32 and 33, to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 8. Other Privileges and Incentives

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"SEC. 32. Persons with disability shall be entitled to the following
:
(a) At least twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to the utilization
of all services in hotels and similar lodging establishments; restaurants and recreation centers
for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;
(b) A minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged by the theaters,
cinema houses, concert halls, circuses, carnivals and other similar places of culture, leisure
and amusement for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;
(c) At least twenty percent (20%) discount for the purchase of medicines in all drugstores for
the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;
(d) At least twenty percent (20%) discount on medical and dental services including diagnostic
and laboratory fees such as, but not limited to x-rays, computerized tomography scans and
blood tests, in all government facilities,subject to guidelines to be issued by the Department
of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
(PHILHEALTH);
Source:
http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9442_2007.html
Dennis Cunanan Ilaw is a blind writer, and he makes his trade both by writing for commercial
and charitable purposes. He has worked with the Department of Education’s in-house Braille
printing press for developing educational materials, such as textbooks and translations of
major English and Filipino works, for the visually impaired and underprivileged.
Dennis graduated from the vocational course in AB Development Studies, minor in Education,
with his undergraduate thesis being on developmental policies for the blind in the lowest
sector of the Philippines.
Dennis’s works, published under both his names Dennis Cunanan Ilaw and Greg Dimasilep,
have been distributed both locally and abroad by commercial bookstores. He is also a
renowned inspirational speaker at conferences for the empowerment of the disabled, such as
the National Movements for Disability Education, hosted by the College of Baguio, Baguio
City, and the We Can Do It! Empowered Youth Conference in Santo Pedro University, Cebu
City.