Bridging the Data Gap

Evaluating an Integrated Digital Infrastructure for the School-to-Work Transition of Disabled Graduates in Indonesia

Dimas Muharam | University of Leeds

Accessibility: dimasmuharam.com/presentation

The Socio-Economic Paradox

• Higher Education Completion (Disability): 3.1% (BPS, 2025).
• Informal Sector Employment: Nearly 70%.
• Analysis: Academic success does not translate to formal employment due to systemic invisibility.

Institutional Silos & Policy Blindness

• Universities: Lack market demand insights.
• Private Sector: Lack access to verified talent pools.
• Government: Lack real-time monitoring tools.
• Data fragmentation leads to interventions based on assumptions.

Theoretical Framework

• Social Model: Shifting focus to "Informational Barriers."
• Realist Evaluation (CMO):
  • Context: Quota mandates & fragmentation.
  • Mechanism: Integrated digital infrastructure (disabilitas.com).
  • Outcome: Mitigating information asymmetry.

The Intervention: disabilitas.com

• Synchronizing "Supply" with "Demand."
• Key Data: Reasonable Accommodation Needs & Assistive Tool Mastery.
• Designed as a "Missing Link" in the national data ecosystem.

Emancipatory Researcher-Led Innovation

• Philosophy: Nothing About Us Without Us.
• Lived Experience: Architecture informed by visual impairment navigation.
• Digital Gap: Only 21.50% of disabled Indonesians access the internet (BPS, 2025).

Methodology & Validation

• Qualitative Case Study & Prototype Validation.
• Establishing a Common Data Language for stakeholders.

Conclusion & Roadmap

• Vision: Integration into Satu Data Indonesia.
• Shift: From Medical/Charity to a Rights-Based, Data-Driven Ecosystem.