Disability and Disaster Bibliography
By David Alexander
Last updated April 2015
Abbott, D. and S. Porter 2013. Environmental hazard and disabled people: from
vulnerable to expert to interconnected. Disability and Society 28 (6): 839-852.
Aldrich, N. and W.F. Benson 2008. Disaster preparedness and the chronic disease
needs of vulnerable older adults. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health
Research, Practice and Policy 5(1): 1-7.
Aldrich, D.P., E. Kiyota, Y. Tanaka, and M. Arnold 2015. Elders leading the way to
resilience. World Bank Conference Paper Series, Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery, World Bank, Washington DC, 58 pp.
Alexander, D. and S. Sagramola 2014. Major Hazards and People with Disabilities:
Their Involvement in Disaster Preparedness and Response. / Risques Majeurs et
Personnes Handicapées: Leur participation à la préparation et à la réaction aux
catastrophes. Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 65 pp.
Arai, K., T.X. Sang and N.T. Uyen 2012. Task allocation model for rescue disabled
persons in disaster area with help of volunteers. International Journal of Advanced
Computer Science and Applications 3(7): 96-101.
Bethel, J.W., A.N. Foreman and S.C. Burke 2011. Disaster preparedness among
medically vulnerable populations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 40(2):
139-143.
Blendon, R.J., J.M. Connolly, J.M. Benson, T. Buhr, W.E. Pollard and E.W. Mitchell
2009. Challenges faced by the chronically ill and disabled in high-risk hurricane
areas. Journal of Emergency Management 7(2): 19-28.
Boon, H.J., L.H. Brown, K. Tsey, R. Speare, P. Pagliano, K. Usher and B. Clark
2011. School disaster planning for children with disabilities: a critical review of the
literature. International Journal of Special Education 26(3) 223-237.
Boon, H.J., P. Pagliano, L. Brown and K. Tsey 2012. An assessment of policies
guiding school emergency disaster management for students with disabilities in
Australia. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 9(1): 17-26.
Bricout, J.C. and P.M.A. Baker 2010. Leveraging online social networks for people
with disabilities in emergency communications and recovery. International Journal of
Emergency Management 7(1): 59-74.
Bright, K. 2013. Disaster response and individuals with disabilities: an examination of
Kentucky's Red Cross shelters. MPA/MPP Capstone Projects Paper no. 36.
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/mpampp_etds/36
Brittinghama, R. and T. Wachtendorf 2013. The effect of situated access on people
with disabilities: an examination of sheltering and temporary housing after the 2011
Japan earthquake and tsunami. Earthquake Spectra 29(S1): S433-S455.
Campbell, V.A., J.A. Gilyard, L. Sinclair, T. Sternberg and J.I. Kailes 2009. Preparing
for and responding to pandemic influenza: implications for people with disabilities.
American Journal of Public Health 99(S2): S294-S300.
Christensen, K.M., M.E. Blair and J.M. Holt 2007. The built environment,
evacuations, and individuals with disabilities: a guiding framework for disaster policy
and preparation. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 17(4): 249-254.
Cook, F.L. 1979. The disabled and the poor elderly: preferred groups for public
support? The Gerontologist 19(4): 344-353.
Diamond, H. and P. Precin 2003. Disabled and experiencing disaster: personal and
professional accounts. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health 19(3-4): 27-41.
Eisenman, D.P., C. Wold, J. Fielding, A. Long, C. Setodji, S. Hickey and L. Gelberg
2006. Differences in individual-level terrorism preparedness in Los Angeles County.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30(1): 1-6.
Eisenman, D.P., Q. Zhou, M. Ong, S. Asch, D. Glik and A. Long 2009. Variations in
disaster preparedness by mental health, perceived general health, and disability
status. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 3(1): 33-41.
Enders, A. and Z. Brandt 2007. Using geographic information system technology to
improve emergency management and disaster response for people with disabilities.
Journal of Disability Policy Studies 17(4): 223-229.
Farrell, A. and D. Crimmins 2001. Coping with disaster a guide for supporting
children with cognitive disabilities. The Exceptional Parent 31(11): 50-54.
Fernandez, L.S., D. Byard, C-C. Lin, S. Benson and J.A. Barbera 2002. Frail elderly
as disaster victims: emergency management strategies. Prehospital and Disaster
Management 17(2): 67-74.
Fox, M.H., G.W. White, C. Rooney and J.L. Rowland 2007. Disaster preparedness
and response for persons with mobility impairments: results from the University of
Kansas Nobody Left Behind Project.Journal of Disability Policy Studies 17(4): 196205.
Fu, K-W., J. White, Y-Y. Chan, L. Zhou, Q. Zhang and Q. Lu 2010. Enabling the
disabled: media use and communication needs of people with disabilities during and
after the Sichuan earthquake in China. International Journal of Emergency
Management 7(1): 75-87.
Fuhrer, M. 2014. Disability inclusive disaster risk reduction. Planet@Risk 2(3): 201203.
Gershon, R.R.M., L.E. Kraus, V.H. Raveis, M.F. Sherman and J.I. Kailes 2013.
Emergency preparedness in a sample of persons with disabilities. American Journal
of Disaster Medicine 8(1): 35-47.
Gershon, R.R.M., L.E. Kraus, V.H. Raveis, M.F. Sherman and J.I. Kailes 2013.
Emergency preparedness in a sample of persons with disabilities. American Journal
of Disaster Medicine 8(1): 35-47.
Grady, J. and D.P.S. Andrew 2007. Equality of access to emergency services for
people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Journal of the Legal
Aspects of Sport 1: 1-26.
Hemingway, L. and M. Priestley 2014. Natural hazards, human vulnerability and
disabling societies: a disaster for disabled people? Review of Disability Studies 2(3):
1-13.
Hoffman, S. 2009. Preparing for disaster: protecting the most vulnerable in
emergencies. University of California at Davis Law Review 42: 1491-1547.
Hutchins, S.S., B. I. Truman, T.L. Merlin and S.C. Redd 2011. Protecting vulnerable
populations from pandemic influenza in the United States: a strategic imperative.
American Journal of Public Health 99(S2): S243-S248.
Irshad, H., Z. Mumtaz and A. Levay 2012. Long-term gendered consequences of
permanent disabilities caused by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake. Disasters 36(3):
452-464.
Johnson, H.L., C.G. Ling and E.C. McBee 2015. Multi-disciplinary care for the elderly
in disasters: an integrative review. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 30(1): 72-79.
Jurgens, S.M. B.S. Gillison and M. Blum 2007. Improving disaster response tools: a
case for considering vulnerable populations and persons with disabilities. Prehospital
and Disaster Medicine 22(2): S117-S118.
Kailes, J.I. and A. Enders 2007. Moving beyond “special needs”: a function-based
framework for emergency management and planning. Journal of Disability Policy
Studies 17(4): 230-237.
Kaniasty, K. and F.H. Norris 1993. A test of the social support deterioration model in
the context of natural disaster. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 64(3):
395-408.
Kearns, C. and B. Lowe, 2007. Disasters and people with disabilities. Journal of
Emergency Management 5(1): 35-40.
Kelman, I. and L.M. Stough (eds) 2015. Disability and Disaster. Palgrave, New York,
208 pp.
Kett, M., S. Stubbs, R. Yeo, S. Deshpande and V. Cordeiro 2005. Disability in
Conflict and Emergency Situations: Focus on Tsunami-affected Areas. IDDC
Research Report, International Disability and Development Consortium, Brussels, 66
pp.
Kettaneh, A.A. and J. Slevin 2014. National module for helping individuals with
physical disabilities in disaster events. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counselling
45(1): 3-10.
Levin, K.L., M. Berliner and A. Merdjanoff 2014. Disaster planning for vulnerable
populations: leveraging community human service organizations direct service
delivery personnel. Public Health Management Practice 20(5): S79-S82.
Liu, M., M., Kohzuki, A. Hamamura, M. Ishikawa, M. Saitoh, M. Kurihara, K. Handa
and H. Nakamura 2012. How did rehabilitation professionals act when faced with the
Great East Japan earthquake and disaster? Descriptive epidemiology of disability
and an interim report of the relief activities of the ten rehabilitation-related
organizations. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 44(5): 421-428.
Lord, J.E. 2010. Disability-inclusive disaster preparedness and response: challenges
and opportunities for reconstruction in Haiti. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting,
American Society of International Law 104 (March 24-27, 2010): 118-122.
Mallick, M., J.K. Aurakzai, K.M. Bile and N Ahmed 2010. Large-scale physical
disabilities and their management in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in
Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 16 (Supp.): 98-105.
McGuire, L.C., E.S. Ford and C.A. Okoro 2007. Natural disasters and older US adults
with disabilities: implications for evacuation. Disasters 31(1): 49-56.
Meaney, M. 2014. Shelter for people with disabilities. In D. Mitchell and V. Karr (eds)
Crises, Conflict and Disability: Ensuring Equality. Routledge Advances in Disability
Studies, Routledge, Abingdon, UK: 90-95.
Mincin, J. 2005. Providing mental health services to people with disabilities after
September 11: successes and lessons learned. In Y. Danieli and R.L Dingman (eds)
On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Responses and Practical
Knowledge Gained. Routledge, Abingdon, UK: 100-106.
Mitchell, D. and V. Karr (eds) 2014. Crises, Conflict and Disability: Ensuring Equality.
Routledge Advances in Disability Studies. Routledge, London, 260 pp.
Morad, M. and J. Merrick 2011. Armed conflict, disaster and persons with a disability.
International Journal on Disability and Human Development 8(3): 197-198.
Nakayama, T., S. Tanaka, M. Uematsu, A. Kikuchi, N. Hino-Fukuyo, T. Morimoto, O.
Sakamoto, S. Tsuchiya and S. Kure 2014. Effect of a blackout in pediatric patients
with home medical devices during the 2011 eastern Japan earthquake. Brain and
Development 36(2): 143-147.
Nakamura, K. 2009. Disability, destitution and disaster: surviving the 1995 Great
Hanshin Earthquake in Japan. Human Organization 68(1): 82-88.
Njelesani, J., S. Cleaver, M. Tataryn and S. Nixon 2012. Using a human rights-based
approach to disability in disaster management initiatives. In S Cheval (ed.) Natural
Disasters. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia: 21-46.
Njelesani, J., S. Cleaver and M. Tataryn 2014. Practical strategies to meet the rights
of persons with disabilities in disaster management initiatives. In D. Mitchell and V.
Karr (eds) Crises, Conflict and Disability: Ensuring Equality. Routledge Advances in
Disability Studies, Routledge, Abingdon, UK: 84-89.
Parr, A.R. 1987. Disasters and disabled persons: an examination of the safety needs
of a neglected minority. Disasters 11(2): 148-159.
Parr, A.R. 1997. Disasters and human rights of persons with disabilities: a case for
an ethical disaster mitigation policy. Australian Journal of Emergency Management
12(4): 2-4.
Peek, L. and L. Stough 2010. Children with disabilities in the context of disaster: a
social vulnerability perspective. Child Development 81(4): 1260-1270.
Penner, S.J. and C. Wachsmuth 2008. Disaster management and populations with
special needs. Chapter 22 in J. Pinkowski (ed.) Disaster Management Handbook.
CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida: 428-443.
Person, C. and E.J. Fuller 2007. Disaster care for persons with psychiatric
disabilities: recommendations for policy change. Journal of Disability Policy Studies
17(4): 238-248.
Phibbs, S., G. Good, C. Severinsen, E. Woodbury and K. Williamson 2014. What
about us? Reported experiences of disabled people related to the Christchurch
earthquakes. Procedia Economics and Finance 18: 190-197.
Powell, B.A., S.W. Mercer and C. Harte 2002. Measuring the impact of rehabilitation
services on the quality of life in disabled people in Cambodia. Disasters 26(2): 175191.
Priestley, M. and L. Hemingway 2007. Disability and disaster recovery: a tale of two
cities? Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation 5(3-4): 23-42.
Putkovich, K. 2013. Emergency warning for people with disabilities. Journal of
Emergency Management 11(3): 189-200.
Quarta, G. 2015. European Association of Service Providers for Persons with
Disabilities (EASPD) disaster preparedness survey. Planet@Risk 3(1): 118-120.
Quin, E. and S.L. Stuart 2010. Disaster preparedness. SIG 12 Perspectives on
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Rahimi, M. 1994. Behavior of mobility-disabled people in earthquakes: a simulation
experiment. Earthquake Spectra 10(2): 381-401.
Rahimi, M. 1993. An examination of behaviour and hazards faced by physically
disabled people during the Loma Prieta earthquake. Natural Hazards 7(1): 59-82.
Robinson, S.E., B.J. Gerber, W.S. Eller and M. Gall 2013. Emergency planning and
disabled populations: assessing the FNSS approach. International Journal of Mass
Emergencies and Disasters 31(2): 315-329.
Ronoh, S. J-C. Gaillard and J. Marlowe 2015. Children with disabilities and disaster
risk reduction: a review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 6(1): 38-48.
Rooney, C. and G.W. White 2007. Consumer perspective: narrative analysis of a
disaster preparedness and emergency response survey from persons with mobility
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Rosenkoetter, M.M., E.K. Covan, B.K. Cobb, S. Bunting and M. Weinrich 2007.
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Rouhan, B. 2014. Enhancing disaster preparedness and resilience of people with
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Rowland, J.L., M.H. Fox, G.W. White, G.W.and C. Rooney 2007. Emergency
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practices and recommendations for future training programs. Journal of Disability
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Satapathy, S. and S. Kasi 2012. Psychological functioning of tsunami affected people
with disabilities: impact of age. Journal of Emergency Management 10(3): 171-183.
Satapathy, S. 2009. Disability focused disaster recovery planning in India:
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Scott, J.C. 2003. Disaster early warning and individuals with special needs: in
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Smith, D.L. and S.J. Notaro 2009. Personal emergency preparedness for people with
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