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“Why I am Chosen as Inclusion Child?”

Listening to Students’ Voice on School Experiences of Inclusion in Indonesia

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Indonesia is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (United Nations, 1989). Article 12 of the UNCRC emphasises the right of children to have their opinion listened to in all matters that affect their lives. The Indonesia Ministry of Women Empowerment and Children Protection Regulation No 10/2011 on Handling Children with Special Needs (Anak, 2011) calls on the community to respect the views of children with special needs by involving their opinions.

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Andriana, E., Evans, D. (2017). “Why I am Chosen as Inclusion Child?”. In: Plows, V., Whitburn, B. (eds) Inclusive Education. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-866-2_12

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