Disability and Disaster: Explorations and Exchanges

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
(Dis)Ability and (Dis)Aster....Pages 3-14
Disability and Disaster: An Overview....Pages 15-29
Inclusive Emergency Management for People with Disabilities Facing Disaster....Pages 31-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
One (Mis)step from (Personal) Disaster: Being Blind....Pages 53-57
One Should Remain Calm....Pages 59-60
Failure and Hope: Living or Not with Disability after the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake....Pages 61-68
Resilience … Just for the Resilient?....Pages 69-73
Educating First Responders About Asperger’s Syndrome....Pages 75-78
Fighting to Restart....Pages 79-82
No Matter What Happened, I Have Survived....Pages 83-89
Migraines and Atmospheric Conditions....Pages 91-94
Don’t Let Me Burn!....Pages 95-96
If You People Would Just Prepare!....Pages 97-109
Inclusive Risk Management....Pages 111-113
Terrorism and Displacement in Kenya....Pages 115-116
Maintaining Social Contact for Disaster Preparedness....Pages 117-125
Disasters for People with Disabilities in the Cook Islands....Pages 127-128
A Disaster-Free Life—a Lot of Luck and Happiness....Pages 129-136
Light or Darkness?....Pages 137-145
The Water Is Rushing In....Pages 147-150
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Of Bodybuilders and Wheelchairs....Pages 151-153
My Sister....Pages 155-158
Wheels on the Ground: Lessons Learned and Lessons to Learn....Pages 159-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Help Us to Get It Right....Pages 173-174
Exploring and Exchanging (Dis)ability and (Dis)aster....Pages 175-185
Back Matter....Pages 187-197