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Disabled Children in Disaster Management

Sumit Narayan
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Version 1 : Received: 10 January 2022 / Approved: 12 January 2022 / Online: 12 January 2022 (14:35:35 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 25 May 2022 / Approved: 25 May 2022 / Online: 25 May 2022 (11:19:53 CEST)

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Narayan, S. (2022). DISABLED CHILDREN IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT. International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 7(5), 45-48. Narayan, S. (2022). DISABLED CHILDREN IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT. International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 7(5), 45-48.

Abstract

Disabled children on the one hand have a wide range of impairments that translate into functional limitations but at the same time they possess various talents and capacities. These are manifested into the dynamics of society and the environment that they interact with. This article discusses disaster management with disabled children as a focus group. Disaster, disability and its management is discussed in the context of international practices in general and suited to India in particular. The research follows a review of the recommendations of the United States National Commission on Children and Disaster. In addition to this Disaster Medicine as one approach to Disaster Management concerning disabled children has been explored. The research concludes that the understanding of particular issues of Children with disabilities as one stakeholder, their capacity to engage and a shift in mindset and power relations in which they can contribute to disability inclusive disaster management are fundamental to disability-inclusive DRR.

Keywords

Disaster; Disability; Disaster Management; NCCD; UNCRPD; Disability & Disaster; Disaster Medicine

Subject

Social Sciences, Sociology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Comment 1
Received: 25 May 2022
Commenter: SUMIT NARAYAN
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: Abstract has been Simplified and Contextualised. 
Repetition of paragraphs corrected.
Proper referencing done. 
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