Inclusive development in rural Indonesia: Actualizing disability rights in Lheu Eu Village
Abstract:
Purpose: This study addresses the marginalization of persons with disabilities in rural Indonesian villages, specifically examining the implementation of Law No. 8 of 2016 concerning Persons with Disabilities. This research seeks to enhance the status of persons with disabilities, ensuring equal rights and opportunities for their active participation in village development.
Research methodology: This study employs a normative juridical methodology, analyzing data from legal documents and literature, complemented by an empirical approach through interviews with key stakeholders. This mixed-methods approach helps clarify the legal rights of persons with disabilities and gather insights into the perspectives of village governments on inclusion.
Results: This study highlights the need for a community-centered development model that integrates the interests of persons with disabilities. This underscores the importance of adhering to human rights principles in ensuring the well-being of persons with disabilities in Lheu Eu Village, Darul Imarah District, and Aceh Besar. The study also emphasizes the necessity of collaborative efforts among village governments, businesses, academics, and disability advocates to implement legal mandates and regulatory frameworks for disability inclusion effectively.
Limitations: The findings of this study are primarily based on qualitative data, which may not capture the full extent of the issues faced by people with disabilities in different rural contexts. Additionally, the research was limited to a specific geographic area, which may limit the generalizability of the results to other regions.
Contribution: This study contributes to the body of knowledge on rural development and disability rights in Indonesia by providing a comprehensive analysis of the legal and social frameworks necessary for the inclusion of people with disabilities in village development. It offers practical recommendations to policymakers, village authorities, and other stakeholders to enhance the implementation of inclusive policies and practices.
Downloads

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Aceh, D. S. (2020). Laporan Penyandang Disabilitas di Aceh.
Anzari, M., Sarong, A. H., & Rasyid, M. N. (2018). Hak Memperoleh Pendidikan Inklusif Terhadap Penyandang Disabilitas. Syiah Kuala Law Journal, 2(1), 57-73.
Bharata, R. W., Rani, U., Priyono, N., & Novitaningtyas, I. (2021). Analisis Partisipasi Penyandang Disabilitas dalam Perencanaan Pembangunan di Kabupaten Gunungkidul. Integralistik, 32(2), 83-88.
Demartoto, A. (2005). Menyibak Sensitivitas Gender dalam Keluarga Difabel. Universitas Sebelas Maret Press.
Dewi, Y. P. (2023). Legal Mobilisation by Women with Disabilities in Indonesia. Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, 24(1), 1-21.
Febriantanto, P. (2019). Analisis Faktor Determinan Peningkatan Partisipasi Politik Penyandang Disabilitas pada Pilkada Kota Yogyakarta 2017. Jurnal PolGov, 1(1), 157-190.
Gaventa, J., & Barrett, G. (2010). So what difference does it make? Mapping the outcomes of citizen engagement. IDS Working Papers, 2010(347), 01-72.
Groce, N., Kett, M., Lang, R., & Trani, J.-F. (2011). Disability and poverty: The need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice. Third World Quarterly, 32(8), 1493-1513.
Gutama, P. P. B., & Widiyahseno, B. (2020). Inklusi sosial dalam pembangunan desa. Reformasi, 10(1), 70-80.
Hatta, Z. A., & Sarkawi, D. T. (2011). The Poverty situation in Indonesia: Challenges and progress of the marginalized group. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 5(2), 92-106.
Hosen, N. (2022). Human Dignity in the Jurisprudence of the Indonesian Constitutional Court. Human Dignity in Asia Dialogue between Law and Culture, ed. by Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 139-159.
Iskandar, P. (2015). Reclaiming Human Rights Universality in'Nonconstitutional'Constitution: Toward a New Reading of the 1945 Constitution. Available at SSRN 2589985.
Larasati, E. N., & Madalina, M. Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 Tentang Desa Terkait Penyelenggaraan Desa Inklusi Dalam Pemenuhan Hak Penyandang Disabilitas Di Kabupaten Sukoharjo. Res Publica: Jurnal Hukum Kebijakan Publik, 4(1), 13-26.
Longpoe, P. K., & Adebisi, R. O. (2023). Cognitive skill instruction on enhancing retention in pupils with mild intellectual disability. Journal of Social, Humanity, and Education, 3(4), 297-306.
Maftuhin, A. (2016). Mengikat makna diskriminasi: Penyandang cacat, difabel, dan Penyandang disabilitas. INKLUSI Journal of Disability Studies, 3(2), 139-162.
Nanda, A. R., & Herawati, R. (2021). Kendala dan solusi bagi penyandang disabilitas kota semarang dalam mengakses pekerjaan. Jurnal Pembangunan Hukum Indonesia, 3(3), 325-336.
Nurhaeni, I. D. A., Wiratama, P., Putri, I. S., Nurdin, A., Mulyadi, A. W. E., Haryani, T. N., & Sudibyo, D. P. (2023). Defining Social Inclusion for People with Disabilities in Governance: Scoping and Thematic Literature Review. BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi, 30(2), 2.
Nursyamsi, F., Arifianti, E. D., Aziz, M. F., Bilqish, P., & Marutama, A. (2015). Kerangka Hukum Disabilitas di Indonesia?: Menuju Indonesia Ramah Disabilitas. Pusat Studi Hukum dan Kebijakan Indonesia (PSHK).
Pateman, C. (1975). Participation and democratic theory: Cambridge University Press.
Peraturan Menteri Desa, Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal, dan Transmigrasi Nomor 13 Tahun 2020 Tentang Prioritas Penggunaan Dana Desa Tahun 2021.
Pettit, J., & Musyoki, S. (2004). Rights, advocacy and participation–what’s working? Critical reflections, future directions, 97.
Pramana, R. (2018). Six problems that exclude disabled people in Indonesia from public life. The Conversation, 5.
Primadata, P., Tsaputra, A., Ambarwati, A., Rahmawati, B., Kusuma, K., Oceani, D. N., Widyaningsih, D., Sutamto, E., Malihah, E., & Bimardhika, E. (2022). Gender Equality , Disability and Social Inclusion in Practice. Knowledge Sector Initiative.
Probosiwi, R. (2017). Desa inklusi sebagai perwujudan pembangunan berkelanjutan bagi penyandang disabilitas. Media Informasi Penelitian Kesejahteraan Sosial, 41(3), 215-226.
Propiona, J. K. (2021). Implementasi Aksesibilitas Fasilitas Publik Bagi Penyandang Disabilitas. Jurnal Analisa Sosiologi, 10.
Pusat Bahasa Kemdikbud. (2016). Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI). Kementerian Pendidikan Dan Budaya.
Quinn, G. (2019). Vindicating Substantive Equality in the Right to Work of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia.
Ra’is, D. U. (2018). Peta inklusi sosial dalam regulasi desa. Reformasi, 7(2).
RI, K. (2021). Pedoman Operasional Asistensi Rehabilitasi Sosial Penyandang Disabilitas.
Sari, E. P. (2024, January). Perlindungan Hak Asasi Manusia Dalam Konteks Politik Hukum Di Indonesia. In Prosiding Seminar Nasional Hukum, Bisnis, Sains dan Teknologi (Vol. 4, No. 1).
Sahara, I. (2021) Penyandang Disabilitas.
Setiawan. (2021) Sekretatis Desa Lheu Eu Kecamatan Darul Imarah Kabupaten Aceh Besar.
Sutrisno, E., Siswanto, D., Rahmawati, A., Rusdiyana, E., & Utama, J. Y. (2024). Study on the utilization of village funds to support food security in Glagah Lamongan District, East Java. Journal of Indigenous Culture, Tourism, and Language, 2(2), 21-30.
Tamba, J. (2017). A Juridical Study Toward Indonesian Disabilities Right for Public Services Accessibility according to Law No. 8 Year 2016. Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 4(1), 63-68.
Thohari, S. (2014). Pandangan disabilitas dan aksesibilitas fasilitas publik bagi penyandang disabilitas di kota Malang. Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 1(1), 27-37.
Undang-Undang Nomor 8 Tahun 2016 Tentang Penyandang Disabilitas.
Undang-Undang Nomor 39 Tahun 1999 Tentang Hak Asasi Manusia
Walsh, K., Scharf, T., & Keating, N. (2017). Social exclusion of older persons: A scoping review and conceptual framework. European Journal of Ageing, 14, 81-98.
Widijantoro, J., Antoro, H. W., & Hardjanti, D. K. (2021). Policy Development in Inclusion Villages towards the Fulfillment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. JSEAHR, 5, 44.
Widinarsih, D. (2019). Penyandang Disabilitas di Indonesia: Perkembangan Istilah dan Defenisi. Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial, 20(2), 127–142.
Wirya, A., Octavian, Y., Ikhtiar, H., Gunawan, R., Walvisch, J., & Gooding, P. (2020). Assessing Indonesian guardianship laws: Protecting the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities.
- Aceh, D. S. (2020). Laporan Penyandang Disabilitas di Aceh.
- Anzari, M., Sarong, A. H., & Rasyid, M. N. (2018). Hak Memperoleh Pendidikan Inklusif Terhadap Penyandang Disabilitas. Syiah Kuala Law Journal, 2(1), 57-73.
- Bharata, R. W., Rani, U., Priyono, N., & Novitaningtyas, I. (2021). Analisis Partisipasi Penyandang Disabilitas dalam Perencanaan Pembangunan di Kabupaten Gunungkidul. Integralistik, 32(2), 83-88.
- Demartoto, A. (2005). Menyibak Sensitivitas Gender dalam Keluarga Difabel. Universitas Sebelas Maret Press.
- Dewi, Y. P. (2023). Legal Mobilisation by Women with Disabilities in Indonesia. Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, 24(1), 1-21.
- Febriantanto, P. (2019). Analisis Faktor Determinan Peningkatan Partisipasi Politik Penyandang Disabilitas pada Pilkada Kota Yogyakarta 2017. Jurnal PolGov, 1(1), 157-190.
- Gaventa, J., & Barrett, G. (2010). So what difference does it make? Mapping the outcomes of citizen engagement. IDS Working Papers, 2010(347), 01-72.
- Groce, N., Kett, M., Lang, R., & Trani, J.-F. (2011). Disability and poverty: The need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice. Third World Quarterly, 32(8), 1493-1513.
- Gutama, P. P. B., & Widiyahseno, B. (2020). Inklusi sosial dalam pembangunan desa. Reformasi, 10(1), 70-80.
- Hatta, Z. A., & Sarkawi, D. T. (2011). The Poverty situation in Indonesia: Challenges and progress of the marginalized group. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 5(2), 92-106.
- Hosen, N. (2022). Human Dignity in the Jurisprudence of the Indonesian Constitutional Court. Human Dignity in Asia Dialogue between Law and Culture, ed. by Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 139-159.
- Iskandar, P. (2015). Reclaiming Human Rights Universality in'Nonconstitutional'Constitution: Toward a New Reading of the 1945 Constitution. Available at SSRN 2589985.
- Larasati, E. N., & Madalina, M. Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 Tentang Desa Terkait Penyelenggaraan Desa Inklusi Dalam Pemenuhan Hak Penyandang Disabilitas Di Kabupaten Sukoharjo. Res Publica: Jurnal Hukum Kebijakan Publik, 4(1), 13-26.
- Longpoe, P. K., & Adebisi, R. O. (2023). Cognitive skill instruction on enhancing retention in pupils with mild intellectual disability. Journal of Social, Humanity, and Education, 3(4), 297-306.
- Maftuhin, A. (2016). Mengikat makna diskriminasi: Penyandang cacat, difabel, dan Penyandang disabilitas. INKLUSI Journal of Disability Studies, 3(2), 139-162.
- Nanda, A. R., & Herawati, R. (2021). Kendala dan solusi bagi penyandang disabilitas kota semarang dalam mengakses pekerjaan. Jurnal Pembangunan Hukum Indonesia, 3(3), 325-336.
- Nurhaeni, I. D. A., Wiratama, P., Putri, I. S., Nurdin, A., Mulyadi, A. W. E., Haryani, T. N., & Sudibyo, D. P. (2023). Defining Social Inclusion for People with Disabilities in Governance: Scoping and Thematic Literature Review. BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi, 30(2), 2.
- Nursyamsi, F., Arifianti, E. D., Aziz, M. F., Bilqish, P., & Marutama, A. (2015). Kerangka Hukum Disabilitas di Indonesia?: Menuju Indonesia Ramah Disabilitas. Pusat Studi Hukum dan Kebijakan Indonesia (PSHK).
- Pateman, C. (1975). Participation and democratic theory: Cambridge University Press.
- Peraturan Menteri Desa, Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal, dan Transmigrasi Nomor 13 Tahun 2020 Tentang Prioritas Penggunaan Dana Desa Tahun 2021.
- Pettit, J., & Musyoki, S. (2004). Rights, advocacy and participation–what’s working? Critical reflections, future directions, 97.
- Pramana, R. (2018). Six problems that exclude disabled people in Indonesia from public life. The Conversation, 5.
- Primadata, P., Tsaputra, A., Ambarwati, A., Rahmawati, B., Kusuma, K., Oceani, D. N., Widyaningsih, D., Sutamto, E., Malihah, E., & Bimardhika, E. (2022). Gender Equality , Disability and Social Inclusion in Practice. Knowledge Sector Initiative.
- Probosiwi, R. (2017). Desa inklusi sebagai perwujudan pembangunan berkelanjutan bagi penyandang disabilitas. Media Informasi Penelitian Kesejahteraan Sosial, 41(3), 215-226.
- Propiona, J. K. (2021). Implementasi Aksesibilitas Fasilitas Publik Bagi Penyandang Disabilitas. Jurnal Analisa Sosiologi, 10.
- Pusat Bahasa Kemdikbud. (2016). Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI). Kementerian Pendidikan Dan Budaya.
- Quinn, G. (2019). Vindicating Substantive Equality in the Right to Work of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia.
- Ra’is, D. U. (2018). Peta inklusi sosial dalam regulasi desa. Reformasi, 7(2).
- RI, K. (2021). Pedoman Operasional Asistensi Rehabilitasi Sosial Penyandang Disabilitas.
- Sari, E. P. (2024, January). Perlindungan Hak Asasi Manusia Dalam Konteks Politik Hukum Di Indonesia. In Prosiding Seminar Nasional Hukum, Bisnis, Sains dan Teknologi (Vol. 4, No. 1).
- Sahara, I. (2021) Penyandang Disabilitas.
- Setiawan. (2021) Sekretatis Desa Lheu Eu Kecamatan Darul Imarah Kabupaten Aceh Besar.
- Sutrisno, E., Siswanto, D., Rahmawati, A., Rusdiyana, E., & Utama, J. Y. (2024). Study on the utilization of village funds to support food security in Glagah Lamongan District, East Java. Journal of Indigenous Culture, Tourism, and Language, 2(2), 21-30.
- Tamba, J. (2017). A Juridical Study Toward Indonesian Disabilities Right for Public Services Accessibility according to Law No. 8 Year 2016. Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 4(1), 63-68.
- Thohari, S. (2014). Pandangan disabilitas dan aksesibilitas fasilitas publik bagi penyandang disabilitas di kota Malang. Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 1(1), 27-37.
- Undang-Undang Nomor 8 Tahun 2016 Tentang Penyandang Disabilitas.
- Undang-Undang Nomor 39 Tahun 1999 Tentang Hak Asasi Manusia
- Walsh, K., Scharf, T., & Keating, N. (2017). Social exclusion of older persons: A scoping review and conceptual framework. European Journal of Ageing, 14, 81-98.
- Widijantoro, J., Antoro, H. W., & Hardjanti, D. K. (2021). Policy Development in Inclusion Villages towards the Fulfillment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. JSEAHR, 5, 44.
- Widinarsih, D. (2019). Penyandang Disabilitas di Indonesia: Perkembangan Istilah dan Defenisi. Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial, 20(2), 127–142.
- Wirya, A., Octavian, Y., Ikhtiar, H., Gunawan, R., Walvisch, J., & Gooding, P. (2020). Assessing Indonesian guardianship laws: Protecting the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities.