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There is no clear regulation on integrated and disaggregated disability data.

Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) Regional Regulation (PERDA) No. 5 of 2022 Concerning …. Article 83

• The Regional Government facilitates the collection and updating of disaggregated data on Persons with Disabilities in the Region in the implementation of population registration.

• The data collection referred to in paragraph (1) is to obtain accurate data on the number and types of Persons with Disabilities in the Region.

• The data updating referred to in paragraph (1) is carried out at least once a year.

• The facilitation of data collection and data updating referred to in paragraph (1) is coordinated by the Regional Apparatus responsible for government affairs in the social sector, with the involvement of relevant Regional Apparatus.

• The data collection referred to in paragraph (1) is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the laws and regulations.

Population Administration Law (UU Adminduk) No. 24 of 2013 Recording of disability types according to Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) No. 109 of 2019.

• Form 3.01, Population and Civil Registration Agency (Dukcapil), types of disabilities (terms deaf, speech-impaired, blind, etc.) (still referring to Law No. 4 of 1997-Concerning Disabled Persons).

• On Form 1.01 (Family Data), no. 29. Disabled Person; 1. Physical disability, 2. Visual/blind disability, 3. Hearing/speech disability, 4. Mental/psychiatric disability, 5. Physical and mental disability, 6. Other disabilities.

• On Form 1.08 (Indonesian Citizen Population Biodata), Personal Data No. 9 still refers to Disabled Person

Some notes related to identity data collection by the Government include:

1. Although the Disability Law mandates the matter of disability data collection to the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos), Kemensos's authority is limited only to disabilities categorized as those Requiring Social Welfare Services (PPKS), while non-PPKS disabilities are not recorded at Kemensos.

2. Other institutions implicitly mandated by the Disability Law are the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil). Nevertheless, both institutions also do not yet have comprehensive data regarding the types and variations of disabilities. The data obtained by Dukcapil originates from public reports. Meanwhile, the data obtained by BPS comes from population census data conducted once every 10 years.

3. Regsosek (Socio-Economic Registration) census officers do not understand the Washington Group short set of questions.

4. Arising from families of persons with disabilities, due to the negative stigma of the community towards persons with disabilities, many families of persons with disabilities do not want to record their family members who have disabilities because they are embarrassed to have a family member with a disability or for other reasons.

5. Data collection officers who lack understanding of the variations, types, and degrees of disability.

6. Many persons with disabilities still do not have population administration documents.

If the column is filled with "other disabilities," it will result in suboptimal services.