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Ashok Hans and Reena Mohanty appeal for international standards to be set for disability in disaster management and response. They assess technologies available during disasters and argue that excluding the disabled out of disaster policies and plans and technology usage is a violation of their basic human rights.
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This Discussion started on 22 May and continued till 9 June 2006. Among all other topics, Disaster and Technology was one. We are grateful to Moira Horgan Jones, Ex Director DPI for coordinating the discussion with us and the large number of participants who joined it. The discussions are available at World Bank. 2006. http://www.dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/Disaster-Disability
The Mumbai meeting was made possible by the keen interest taken by Mary Anne Burke of the Global Health Research Forum who not only coordinated the meeting and prepared its proceedings which are available on www.smrcorissa.org
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IDRM (2005) IDRM: Disability and Early Tsunami Relief Efforts in India, Indonesia and Thailand.
Kett, Sue Stubbs and Yeo Rebecca (2005) IDDC Research Report: Disability in Conflict and Emergency Situations: Focus on Tsunami – affected Areas University of East Anglia.
Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre: Manual on Inclusion of Disability in Disaster Management and Response. Available online http://www.orissa.org.
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Hans, A., Mohanty, R. Disasters, Disability and Technology. Development 49, 119–122 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100302
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