Hurricane Katrina and Disability: News and Resources

News and Commentary

• The National Council on Disability Outlines Short-Term and Long-Term Needs to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Read the letter
• Marcie Roth, executive director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, was interviewed on the online radio program Newsweek On Air on Sept. 25.
  • Listen to the interview
  • Read the transcript
• Marta Russell, author of Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract, wrote the following, published in ZNet Commentary on Sept. 25.
  • Being Disabled and Poor in New Orleans (excerpt)

Resources

DFN Publications

• Disability Considerations in Disaster Relief and Rebuilding: Guidance for Funders

Web Sites with Katrina-Specific Information

• National Organization on Disability (NOD)
  www.nod.org
• National Organization on Disability
  Disaster & Disability: Katrina’s Impact
• June Isaacson Kailes
  www.jik.com/disaster.html
• National Council on Disability
  List of search results for Katrina-related queries
• Disability Preparedness Center
  www.disabilitypreparedness.com/
• Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU)
  www.ilru.org
• KatrinaDisability Web site
  http://katrinadisability.info/
• National Council on Independent Living
  www.ncil.org/news/2005/katrina.html
• Office on Disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  www.hhs.gov/emergency/hurricane.html
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
  www.aapd-dc.org

General Resources

• DFN’s Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief page features additional publications and Web links: www.disabilityfunders.org/epdr.html#epdrgen