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Disability and Disaster

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Editors:
  1. Ilan Kelman
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  2. Laura M. Stough
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Part of the book series: Disaster Studies (DIS)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  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!

      • Ã…sun 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
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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.

About the authors

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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