Inclusive Education in ASEAN: Fostering Belonging for Students with Disabilities

The connection requires openness and a positive attitude to neurodiverse learners in the classroom; learners must gain the skills and competencies to integrate into society fully and meaningfully. [...] The countries are committed to international and regional agreements, national and sub-national frameworks, laws, and policies that promote inclusion and the moral duty to uphold the human rights of persons with disabilities. [...] Access to services and knowledge of how to obtain a diagnosis and treatment is varied, and cultural stigma can prevent families from seeking support and lead to missing data on students with disabilities. [...] Singapore is developing a method to collect more accurate data on the needs of persons with disabilities and to provide holistic support such as access to services to them and their caregivers. [...] If a student is diagnosed with a disability, a medical model diagnosis can be limited in its ability to present strengths and weaknesses in the learning process and foster a segregated approach to intervention and education planning.