Unified PWD ID: Restoring integrity, protecting rights, ending abuse

The proliferation of fake Persons with Disabilities (PWD) cards has become a pernicious issue — one that both undermines public trust, inflicts real financial harm on businesses, and reveals a dishonest behavior that should not be tolerated by society.

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Restaurants, often operating on thin margins, are shouldering these losses, while genuine PWDs face the indignity of being treated with suspicion. The proposed unified PWD ID system stands out not just as a technical solution but as a moral imperative to restore integrity and fairness.

Restaurant operators across the country have sounded the alarm months ago. It has repeatedly pointed out that the mandated 20 percent discount for PWDs, intended as a support for the marginalized, is instead being exploited by unscrupulous individuals using counterfeit IDs—“every fraudulent discount comes directly out of a restaurant’s pocket,” the group warned.

In extreme cases, entire tables bearing multiple fake PWD IDs inflict devastating losses, threatening survival and prompting tougher measures from legitimate operators. And this case is what is truly appalling and should worry society — for an entire table of dishonest people surrendering fake PWD IDs without feeling shame!