MANILA, Dec. 2 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will launch its comprehensive guidelines on inclusive employment Wednesday in observance of the "International Day of Persons with Disabilities."

Administrative Order (AO) No. 11, which Secretary Rex Gatchalian signed on Nov. 10, ensures that at least 1 percent of all regular and non-regular positions across the DSWD Central Office and Field Offices are reserved for persons with disabilities.

In a statement Tuesday, Gatchalian described AO 11 as "the most progressive inclusion plan in the employment of persons with disabilities."

"We mean what we do. This is why we institutionalized the hiring of persons with disabilities and created a progressive and comprehensi...