Disability and Disaster

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Background

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. (Dis)Ability and (Dis)Aster

      • Ilan Kelman, Laura M. Stough

      Pages 3-14

   3. Disability and Disaster: An Overview

      • David Alexander

      Pages 15-29

   4. Inclusive Emergency Management for People with Disabilities Facing Disaster

      • Brenda D. Phillips

      Pages 31-49

3. Narratives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. One (Mis)step from (Personal) Disaster: Being Blind

      • Ilan Kelman, Laura M. Stough

      Pages 53-57

   3. One Should Remain Calm

      • Marcos Eduardo Barquero Varela

      Pages 59-60

   4. Failure and Hope: Living or Not with Disability after the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake

      • Subhasis Bhadra

      Pages 61-68

   5. Resilience … Just for the Resilient?

      • Ian Christoplos

      Pages 69-73

   6. Educating First Responders About Asperger’s Syndrome

      • Andy Cox

      Pages 75-78

   7. Fighting to Restart

      • Kelen L. Ferreira, Angelica D. Londero, Síglia P. H. Camargo

      Pages 79-82

   8. No Matter What Happened, I Have Survived

      • Christy Hardinger

      Pages 83-89

   9. Migraines and Atmospheric Conditions

      • Veronica A. Johnson

      Pages 91-94

   10. Don’t Let Me Burn!

       • Åsun Øien Josefsen

       Pages 95-96

   11. If You People Would Just Prepare!

       • June Isaacson Kailes

       Pages 97-109

   12. Inclusive Risk Management

       • Carlos Kaiser Mansilla

       Pages 111-113

   13. Terrorism and Displacement in Kenya

       • Jane Kihungi

       Pages 115-116

   14. Maintaining Social Contact for Disaster Preparedness

       • Inge Komardjaja

       Pages 117-125

   15. Disasters for People with Disabilities in the Cook Islands

       • Mataiti Mataiti

       Pages 127-128

Disability and Disaster adds disaster research to the expanding area of disability studies. The book includes writings by international scholars and first-hand narratives from individuals with disabilities affected by disasters around the globe. Hazards described in these narratives include earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and war.

• Disaster
• Disability
• Natural Hazards
• People with Disabilities
• Resilience
• Sociology
• Vulnerability
• Nation
• sociology
• terrorism

Andy Cox, USA Angélica Dotto Londero, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil Anna Opland Stenersen, Norway Åsun Øien Josefsen, Norway. Brenda D. Phillips, Ohio University-Chillicothe, USA. Carlos Kaiser Mansilla, ONG Inclusiva, Chile Christy Hardinger, USA. Corinna Villar Cole, Sam Houston State University, USA.  David Alexander, University College London, UK. Anonymous Glen W. White, University of Kansas, USA. Inge Komardjaja, Research Institute for Human Settlements, Korea Jane Kihungi, Kenya Jean-Luc Simon, Disabled People's International (DPI), Italy June Isaacson Kailes, Center for Disability and Health Policy at Western University of Health Sciences, USA. Kelen Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil Khanh Thanh Nguyen, Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Norway Lori Peek, Colorado State University, USA. Marcie Roth, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), USA. Marcos Eduardo Barquero Varela, Costa Rica Mataiti Mataiti, Cook Islands Mercy Yazmin Rincón Ardila, Colombia Síglia Camargo, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil. Subhasis Bhadra, Gautam Buddha University, India. Veronica A. Johnson, USA.

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