Disaster Relief for Deaf Persons: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

dc.contributor.author White, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-08T23:07:52Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-08T23:07:52Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.description.abstract Victims of disasters who are deaf face unique and insurmountable obstacles in accessing disaster relief. The response to deaf disaster victims of Hurricane Katrina is an example of how the Federal government failed this population, particularly the community of Deaf African Americans who lived in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. In the aftermath of this disaster, the natural helping networks of the deaf community and its organizations proved to be more effective than the organized relief agencies. The author, a deaf social worker, spent two weeks in the Gulf region assisting deaf evacuees who fled both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita during the now infamous hurricanes of 2005.
dc.identifier.citation White, B. (2006). Disaster Relief for Deaf Persons: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 2(3).
dc.identifier.issn 1552-9215
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/58269
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseries vol. 2, no. 3
dc.subject disaster preparedness
dc.subject Hurricane Katrina
dc.subject deaf organizations
dc.title Disaster Relief for Deaf Persons: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
dc.type Forums
dc.type.dcmi Text
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