Objectives of the Commission.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Objectives of the Commission.—The Commission shall have the following objectives: To prepare and adopt an integrated and comprehensive long-term National Rehabilitation Plan, which will insure the protection of the rights of the handicapped, provide services for their needs and at the same time insure adequate safeguards for the prevention of disability—taking into consideration the National Rehabilitation Plan prepared by an Ad Hoc Committee that may be created for that purpose; To insure that all programs and services for the welfare of the handicapped are universal and accessible to all segments of society; To conduct comprehensive and continuing studies on rehabilitation services and on the problems and causes of disability, covering all major areas of concern—social, medical, educational and vocational—and to make corresponding recommendations on the basis of its fundings; To propose new policies and new legislation, or amendments to existing ones, that will insure the attainment of its objectives; To act as an overall coordinating body, to rationalize the functions and activities of government agencies, private entities and international organizations operating in the Philippines, and the enforcement of laws related to and affecting the handicapped; To establish, maintain and expand contacts with international public and private organizations concerned with the handicapped, and to keep abreast with international standards and the latest developments in the international rehabilitation community; To act as a national consultative and advisory body to the President on matters within its competence; To insure the fullest participation and involvement of handicapped person in the rehabilitation process; and To educate and reorient the general public in its attitude and thinking in regard to the disabled.