Disability in Indonesia

Assistive Technologies for Children with Disabilities in Inclusive and Special Schools in Indonesia (2023, World Bank)

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Unite to Thrive: Milestones of Indonesia's Disability Rights Movement. (2024, Disability Rights Fund)

Bigger than the machine Ida Putri's journey into activism and creating opportunities for others. (2024, Disability Debrief)

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An Inclusive Path to Dealing With Climate Disaster reflecting on the impact of Cyclone Seroja and beyond. (2024, Impakter)

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Information gap affecting the disabled “Instead of accessing official information, many disabled people had to rely on advice from family and friends, who may not have been well informed” (2022, D+C)

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TNI commander reveals plan to recruit disabled people. “The commander general noted that the concept was influenced by the National Police (Polri), which has already opened positions for people with disabilities.” (Jan, Antara News)

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Overview

Hasna Mufidah: Championing Deaf Culture Through Art and Activism. (2024, United Nations Development Programme)

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Media

Meet Two Disability Justice Project Fellows Modeling Inclusive Storytelling. (2022, Disability Rights Fund)

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How do Positive Deviants Overcome Health-Related Stigma? An Exploration of Development of Positive Deviance Among People With Stigmatized Health Conditions in Indonesia (2021, Qualitative Health Research)

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A policy analysis on the inclusion of disabilities in natural disaster management (2024, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science)

Collecting disability disaggregated data in disaster risk reduction: Findings and lessons learned. (2024, CBM)

UNDP's DX4Resilience project in Indonesia: leveraging digital technologies for collecting disability-disaggregated data in disaster risk assessment. (2023, UNDP)

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Social Protection

Indonesian govt ensures disability support despite budget cuts:

“Indonesia's Minister of Social Affairs, Saifullah Yusuf, on Friday assured that social assistance and therapy programs for individuals with disabilities will continue despite budget efficiency efforts.” (Feb, ANTARA News)

Government commits to expanding social assurance coverage for disabled people. (2022, Antara)

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Overview

Challenges on Inclusive Primary Education in Indonesia

“However, despite many positive steps taken, inclusive schools face several significant challenges. Funding limitations often hinder the provision of complete facilities and adequate adaptive technology, especially in remote areas. Additionally, not all teachers have adequate training to teach in inclusive environments, feeling unprepared to handle the special needs of students. Social stigma also remains a significant barrier, both within the community and within the schools themselves, towards students with special needs. In many remote areas, school infrastructure such as buildings and basic facilities is still severely lacking, making the implementation of inclusive education more difficult. The lack of educational materials that support inclusive learning also poses a significant obstacle in implementing this policy.” (2024, Modern Diplomacy)

Including Students with Disabilities in School in Rural Areas An online pilot program to assess needs of students with disabilities. (2024, World Bank)

Assessing the Responsiveness of Inclusive Education Implementation in Kendari City, Indonesia: An Application of Potter's Theory:

“The lack of facilities, infrastructure, and trained Special Guidance Teachers (GPK) remains a major challenge. The choice principle is sufficiently fulfilled with policies allowing parents to choose inclusive schools, regular schools with special programs, or Special Schools (SLB). However, improvements are needed to ensure all inclusive schools provide quality services and equal access.” (2024, South Eastern European Journal of Public Health)

Policy Note on Inclusive Early Childhood Education for children with disabilities. “Inclusion in preschools needs to mean more than just access to the school building.” (2023, Inclusive Education Initiative)

Key issues for children with disabilities. A discussion paper. (2023, UNICEF)

The Hurdles to Disability-Inclusive Education (2022, Jakarta Globe)

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Higher Education

What can universities do to attract and support students with disabilities? (2023, Times Higher Education)

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Inside Indonesia: Are employers inclusive towards differently abled workers? And government social protection initiatives. (Feb, People Matters)

A Different Way of Learning feature on how “Indonesians with Autism Forge Their Own Path to Education and Employment”. (2022, Disability Justice Project)

Inside Indonesia's grassroots fight for accessibility. (2022, FairPlanet)

Out of Their Hands video feature on blind massage therapists and other employment challenges for those with visual impairments, including the impact of the pandemic. (2022, Disability Justice Project)

New skills helped my business recover from pandemic. Feature trainings for entrepreneurs with disabilities. (2022, ILO)

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How accessible are the health facilities in Thousand Islands, Jakarta? Engaging video documentary of an access audit, by Debrief illustrator Kinanty Andini. (2024, Kinanty Andini)

Interview with Luthfi Azizatunnisa studying for her phd. (2023, Missing Billion)

Healthcare Ensured short video feature on accessing universal healthcare. (2022, Disability Justice Project)

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Inclusive Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness and Response Practice Guide. (2024, WFP)

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Conditions in Institutions

‘Not To Be Feared’ Reports from one of Indonesia's last remaining leprosy settlements. (2022, Disability Justice Project)

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Disability Rights: A guide to monitoring compliance (2022, Formasi Disabilitas)

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‘We Are Born Perfect’ Rina Prasarani Has a Message for Disabled Women: “Don’t Give Up, Keep Fighting, and Show We Can.” (2023, Disability Justice Project)

‘I Feel Like an Outsider’ Facing Stigma and Discrimination, Ardiansyah, a 44-year-old Indonesian Man with Schizophrenia, Finds Refuge in a Mosque. (2023, Disability Justice Project) See also a poetic response to it on the Debrief.

Agus's Story profile on an international advocate for the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities. (In Bahasa, 2023, Detik Edu)

Sticks and Stones Naufal Asy-Syaddad Encourages Other Young Indonesians with Autism to Know Their Rights (2022, Disability Justice Project)

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Indonesia free from pasung: a policy analysis. “Many people with mental illnesses remain isolated, chained, and inside cages, called Pasung in Indonesia”:

“Pasung policy has generated a sense of awareness but the different directions and ambiguous messaging across all stakeholders, including policy actors, has created a lack of clarity about institutions’ roles and responsibilities in the implementation process, as well as accountability for outcomes.” (2023, International Journal of Mental Health Systems.)

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National Commission on Disabilities receives thousands of complaints through a National Disabilities Channel. (2022, Antara News)

Input to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2022, Human Rights Watch)

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Dignity for Children with Disabilities: Making Toilets Safe at Home. (2024, UNICEF)

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