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.
Government and Organization Reports
National Council on Disability. (2005, April). Saving lives: including people with disabilities in emergency planning. National Council on Disability. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
National Council on Disability. (2008, January). Quarterly Meeting: People with Disabilities and Emergency Management. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
National Organization on Disability. (2005, October). Report on special needs assessment for Katrina evacuees (SNAKE) Project. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
National Organization on Disability (NOD). (2005b). The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on People with Disabilities: A Look Back and Remaining Challenges. Washington, D.C., National Organization on Disability.
U.S. Department of Education. (2008) Emergency Management Research and People with Disabilities: A Resource Guide, Washington, D.C. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
Research & Reports
See full annotated bibliography on these research articles (PDF)
Project REDD would like to thank Ginger Murray and Lindsey Young for their contributions to the annotated bibliography.
Research Produced Through Project REDD
Stough, L., & Sharp, A. (2008). An evaluation of the impact of the National Disability Rights Network participation in the Katrina Aid Today project. Texas A&M University, The Center on Disability and Development.
Bibliography of Other Research Studies
Barile, M., Fitchten, C., Ferraro, V., & Judd, D. (2006). Ice storm experiences of persons with disabilities: Knowledge is safety. Review of Disability Studies, 2(3), 35-48.
Christ G.H., Christ, T.W. (2006). Academic and behavioral reactions of children with disabilities to the loss of a firefighter father: The New York World Trade Center attack 9/11/01. Review of Disability Studies, 2(3), 68-77.
Christensen, K. M., Collins, S. D., Holt, J. M., Phillips, C. N. (2006). The relationship between the design of the built environment and the ability to egress of individuals with disabilities. Review of Disability Studies, 2(3), 24-34.
Enders, A. & 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.
Family Center on Technology and Disability. (2008, July/August). 911: Emergency preparedness, assistive technology and universal design. News and Notes, 76.
Fox, M.H., White, G.W, Rooney, C., & Rowland, J. (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), 196–205.
Hemingway, L., & Priestley, M. (2006). Natural hazard, human vulnerability and disabling societies: A disaster for disabled people?. Review of Disability Studies, 2(3) 57-59.
Kailes, J. (2008, September). Southern California Wildfires Report. prepared in partnership with the Access to Readiness Coalition, The California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, and The Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions at Western University of Health Sciences.
Kailes, J. & Enders, A. (2006). Moving beyond “special needs”. A function based framework for emergency management and planning. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 17(4), 230-237.
McGuire, L., Ford, E., Okoro, C. (2007). Natural disasters and older US adults with disabilities: implications for evacuation. Disasters, 31(1), 49-56.
Person, C., Fuller,E. (2007). Disaster care for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Journal of disability Policy Studies, 17 (4) 238-248
Phillips, B., & Morrow, B. (2007). Social Science Research Needs: Focus on Vulnerable Populations, Forecasting, and Warnings. Natural Hazards Review, 8(3), 61-68.
Rooney, C. & White, G. W., ( 2007). Consumer perspective narrative analysis of a disaster preparedness and emergency response survey from persons with mobility impairments. Journal of Disability Policy Studies. 17, 4, p. 206 – 215.
Rowland, J.L., G.W. White, M.H. Fox, & C. Rooney. (2007). Emergency Response Training Practices for People with Disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 17(4), 216-222.
Stough, L.M. (forthcoming). Preexisting disabilities and disaster. In Y. Neria, S. Galea, & F. Norris, Mental Health Consequences of Disasters. New York: Cambridge University Press.
University of Minnesota, Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration. (2007, Spring/Summer). Impact. Feature issue on disaster preparedness and people with disabilities. 20, 1, p. 1-35.
White, B. (2006). Disaster relief for Deaf persons: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Review of Disability Studies, 2(3). 49-56.
White, G. W., Fox, M. H., Rooney, C., & Cahill, A., (2007, January). Assessing the impact of Hurricane Katrina on persons with disabilities. Lawrence, KS: The University of Kansas, The Research and Training Center on Independent Living.