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        "id": 1863473,
        "msgid": "ai-technology-encouraged-to-build-independence-for-people-with-disabilities-1784199051",
        "date": "2026-07-16 16:42:00",
        "title": "AI Technology Encouraged to Build Independence for People with Disabilities",
        "author": "Wisnu Arto Subari",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Wakil Ketua MPR RI Lestari Moerdijat has urged the increased use of artificial intelligence to support people with disabilities, framing it as a constitutional mandate to educate the nation. She highlighted AI's potential to enhance independence through tools like object recognition and sign language translation. Moerdijat noted that while access to higher education is improving, around 70 per cent of people with disabilities still work in the informal sector, and AI could help boost their economic opportunities.",
        "content": "<p>The utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI) for persons with\ndisabilities must continue to be enhanced as part of efforts to fulfil\nthe constitutional mandate to educate the life of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Preamble of the 1945 Constitution gives a very clear mandate to\neducate the life of the nation, which means for all citizens, including\npersons with disabilities. The use of AI for persons with disabilities\nis part of implementing that constitutional mandate,\u201d said Deputy\nSpeaker of the MPR RI, Lestari Moerdijat, in a written statement on\nThursday (16 July).<\/p>\n<p>According to Lestari, artificial intelligence or AI is now a new hope\nfor persons with disabilities in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>This technology, said Rerie, as Lestari is familiarly known, is\nconsidered capable of being an effective assistive tool to increase\nindependence, from recognising surrounding objects to translating sign\nlanguage.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rerie, who is also a member of Commission X of the DPR\nRI, AI offers various features that can be tailored to specific needs.\nFor the visually impaired, she added, technologies such as computer\nvision can help describe images and the surrounding environment.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for the deaf, speech-to-text transcription and sign\nlanguage translation features open up broader access to\ncommunication.<\/p>\n<p>Rerie revealed that data from the Ministry of Higher Education,\nScience and Technology (Kemendiktisaintek) as of June 2025 recorded\n3,128 students with disabilities studying at 282 higher education\ninstitutions.<\/p>\n<p>This, said the member of the NasDem Party\u2019s Supreme Council,\nindicates increasingly open access to higher education for persons with\ndisabilities.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, said Rerie, 2025 data from Statistics Indonesia\n(BPS) shows that many persons with disabilities still work in the\ninformal sector (around 70%).<\/p>\n<p>Mastery of AI, she added, can be an accelerator to open up economic\nopportunities and increase the productivity of persons with\ndisabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Rerie affirmed that, with the right approach, AI can become a tool\nfor social justice, ensuring that Indonesia\u2019s digital transformation\ndelivers fairness for all Indonesians, including persons with\ndisabilities.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ai-technology-encouraged-to-build-independence-for-people-with-disabilities-1784199051",
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