We conduct research on how disaster affects people with disabilities and provide training and resources so everyone can be better prepared and equipped in the event of a disaster or emergency.
Project REDD is
an affiliated project of the Center on Disability and Development at
Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
About Project REDD
WHAT WE DO
1) Research & Evaluation
Project REDD faculty conduct research on the impact of disaster on people with disabilities. We also provide evaluation support to organizations providing case management through the Katrina Aid Today project including the National Disability Rights Network and Texas Interagency Interfaith Disaster Recovery.
2) Education
In addition to presenting at conferences, Project REDD produces two resource guides:
Over 3,000 of these guides have been distributed to case managers, county extension agents, and emergency management personnel throughout Texas.
ORIGINS
Project REDD was created by the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The already frayed social support system of many of individuals with disabilities unraveled as households were uprooted, homes were lost, and local infrastructure ceased to exist. In addition, the large-scale diaspora caused by Katrina put added stress upon the formal networks of support for individuals with disabilities, many of whom were placed in new housing, in unfamiliar communities, and even within new state service systems.
Project REDD c/o Dr. Laura Stough
Center on Disability and Development
4225 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77842-4225
Laura Stough, Ph.D.
979-845-8257
lstough@tamu.edu
Dr. Laura Stough is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Education and Training Director at the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University.
She serves as a Research Fellow with the Disaster Research Education Mentoring program through Dartmouth University, and is the evaluator for two projects that focus on the case management of individuals with disabilities who were Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Amy Sharp, Ph.D.
979-845-4612
sharp@tamu.edu
Dr. Amy Sharp is Visiting Assistant Professor within the Department of Educational Psychology as well as the Coordinator of the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University. She has developed resource guides to be used by county extension agents and long-term recovery case managers throughout Texas. Dr. Sharp is evaluating the National Disability Rights Networks involvement with the Katrina Aid Today case management consortium.
Elizabeth McAdams-Ducy, M.Ed.
Research Assistant
elizhope@neo.tamu.edu
Elizabeth is a doctoral student in the Learning Science program. She has interest in disaster preparedness for students with disabilities.