<![CDATA[Despite Indonesia's progressive legal framework protecting the rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), significant implementation gaps continue to hinder their participation in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Existing studies predominantly examine disability entrepreneurship from economic, sociological, or communication perspectives, while limited attention has been devoted to explaining how entrepreneurs' adaptive communication experiences can inform legal reform. This study investigates the relationship between adaptive communication, institutional barriers, and disability-inclusive legal governance. Employing an empirical socio-legal approach, the research draws upon in-depth interviews with four entrepreneurs with physical disabilities in the Special Region of Yogyakarta as a reference for other province in Indonesia. The findings demonstrate that adaptive communication functions not merely as an individual survival strategy but also as empirical evidence of implementation deficiencies within licensing systems, financial services, institutional coordination, and public support mechanisms. Rather than recommending entirely new legislation, the study proposes strengthening the implementation of existing disability and MSME regulations through accessible administrative procedures, disability-inclusive financial governance, participatory policymaking, integrated institutional accountability, and inclusive public procurement. The study contributes by operationalising relational justice into an implementation-oriented legal framework that connects entrepreneurs' lived experiences with concrete regulatory reform. Although the empirical evidence is limited to entrepreneurs with physical disabilities in Yogyakarta, the findings provide analytically transferable insights for strengthening disability-inclusive entrepreneurship governance in Indonesia.]]>
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