National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week

On August 19, 2000, Proclamation No. 361 was issued by then President Joseph E. Estrada amending Proclamation No. 1870 by “Declaring the Third Week of July as the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which shall culminate on the Birthdate of the Sublime Paralytic: Apolinario Mabini on July 23 each year.” This proclamation was in  recognition of one of the Filipino heroes, Apolinario Mabini, “whose exemplary and dedicated heroic acts during the Philippine Revolution made him an outstanding icon for persons with disabilities.”