REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN ASIA

Providing reasonable accommodation and support are one of the keys to implement inclusive education as mentioned in Article 24 Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities. Thus, this research aims to find out how far ASIA countries particularly Thailand, China and Indonesia have provided reasonable accommodation and support for the implementation of inclusive education. Thailand, China and Indonesia are chosen since they share similar background of social, economic and culture. There are two questions this research proposed to address. First, what are the efforts of Thailand, China and Indonesia have done in providing reasonable accommodation and support for the implementation of inclusive education. Second, what are the issues Thailand, China and Indonesia had to encounter in providing reasonable accommodation and support. This research used literature research method which analyze literatures, regulations and other documents about reasonable accommodation and support for inclusive education in Thailand, China and Indonesia. This research found out that Thailand, China and Indonesia had adopted educational law such as providing IEP, resource room, resource centers, universal design and accessible environment for disabled students in regular schools. However, the implementation has not been success due to several issues such as unclear regulation; the lack of support materials and accessible places; inadequate number of teachers and the absence of awareness regarding inclusive education from the teachers.