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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move - THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 56 — 56A. (1) The Cabinet Secretary for matters related to finance may, on application, grant an income tax exemption to a parent or guardian of a person suffering from severe disability if such person is in the care and custody of the parent or guardian. (2) A parent or guardian who is indigent and assumes custody and takes care of a person suffering from severe disability may apply to the Cabinet Secretary for social assistance in accordance with the Social Assistance Act. (3) The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations for the proper implementation of the provisions relating to this section The justification for the addition of this new clause is simple. There is a population of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) who are referred to or categorized as Persons with Severe Disabilities (PwSD). This means that their disability renders them unable to seek employment no matter if they are of age. This includes disabilities, for example, those who are deaf-blind. That means people who are both deaf and blind and have no sensory ability therein. It also includes folks who have cerebral palsy mixed with autism, paraplegic or triple paraplegic. Severe disabilities are people’s disabilities, whose disability is so bad and severe and have no chance of improvement within their lifetime; that they have no other recourse, but to be given home-based care for the rest of their lives. The reason for this amendment is so that the caregivers and the legal guardians of these PwDs are given some relief in their income tax."
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