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Disability and Disaster : Explorations and Exchanges /
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 earthqua...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Background; Chapter One (Dis)ability and (Dis)aster; Chapter Two Disability and Disaster: An Overview; Chapter Three Inclusive Emergency Management for People with Disabilities Facing Disaster; Part II Narratives; Chapter Four One (Mis)step from (Personal) Disaster: Being Blind; Chapter Five One Should Remain Calm*; Chapter Six Failure and Hope: Living or Not with Disability after the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake; Chapter Seven Resilience ... Just for the Resilient?
- Chapter Eight Educating First Responders about Asperger's SyndromeChapter Nine Fighting to Restart; Chapter Ten No Matter What Happened, I Have Survived; Chapter Eleven Migraines and Atmospheric Conditions; Chapter Twelve Don't Let Me Burn!*; Chapter Thirteen If You People Would Just Prepare!; Chapter Fourteen Inclusive Risk Management; Chapter Fifteen Terrorism and Displacement in Kenya; Chapter Sixteen Maintaining Social Contact for Disaster Preparedness; Chapter Seventeen Disasters for People with Disabilities in the Cook Islands.
- Chapter Eighteen A Disaster-Free Life-a Lot of Luck and HappinessChapter Nineteen Light or Darkness?*; Chapter Twenty The Water Is Rushing In; Chapter Twenty-One Of Bodybuilders and Wheelchairs; Chapter Twenty-Two My Sister; Chapter Twenty-Three Wheels on the Ground: Lessons Learned and Lessons to Learn; Part III Conclusions; Chapter Twenty-Four Help Us to Get It Right; Chapter Twenty-Five Exploring and Exchanging (Dis)ability and (Dis)aster; List of Contributors; Index.