Playing on difficult mode
- Kim Mirasol
- Nov 14, 2015
- 2 min read

I so miss playing video games! Never had the chance to play because of... you know... life. But yeah, I was a gamer once and it started when my lovingly father bought me and my sister the Family Computer. You know it, I was a Mario-addict. On weekends, me and my dad used to play it right after lunch until my bedtime (because I was 6 years old then). I never thought of growing over it until dad bought us another console (and yes I love him very much because he spoiled us), Sega. He bought us game after game after game since he's a gamer himself too. It stopped after the first Play Station because we were hooked up playing computer games. When playing video games, some of them ask you for the level of difficulty you wanted. Of course, if it's your first time playing the game, it would be set as the beginner level. Once you get the momentum and the challenges are easy for you, then you set the bar higher to get a sense that you're improving. This is similar in school where the beginning is placed in pre-school where the ABC's, colors, and shapes are introduced. Once done with pre-school, the next level would be grade school, high school, then college. Some might even go further to masters and doctorates. This is the usual and ideal scenario of how a person improves his abilities to adapt and contribute to the community. However, what if it's the first time you've played the video game, it didn't ask you for the difficulty level, and automatically started on difficult mode? Will you succeed the first try? If you succeed, then kudos to you my friend - you are a real gamer. If not, will you try it again? In your succeeding tries, what if you still can't reach the goal? Personally, I'll quit and look for another game (or ask my dad to finish it. LOL). This is similar to life again, but the life of PWD's or Persons With Disability. Some of them start their lives on a difficult level where it will need more effort from their end to succeed. Most of them give up at the start because they feel unsupported of the challenges they carry.
Today, various organizations are established to assist and encourage PWD's that they can also live the life of the fully-abled people as well. It would only take extra time and energy to train them so that they may feel supported. In the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) took its step by giving an employer who has PWD staff tax incentives under R.A. 7277, known as Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). It further states that "Section 8 of RA 7277 provides that private entities employing persons with disabilities (PWDs) who meet the required skills or qualifications, either as regular employee, apprentice, or learner, shall be entitled to an additional deduction from their gross income, equivalent to 25 percent of the total amount paid as salaries and wages to persons with disabilities." Also, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are conducting seminars and forums which links PWD's to their potential employers.
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