Expanding the capabilities of people with disabilities in disaster risk reduction

KT Ton, JC Gaillard, CE Adamson, C Akgungor… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The vulnerability paradigm widely adopts a resource-based approach for examining disaster
risk. From this perspective, the vulnerability of people in disasters arises from a lack of …

Disability rights as a necessary framework for crisis standards of care and the future of health care

L Guidry‐Grimes, K Savin, JA Stramondo… - Hastings Center …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this essay, we suggest practical ways to shift the framing of crisis standards of care toward
disability justice. We elaborate on the vision statement provided in the 2010 Institute of …

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UNCRPD) implementation: Perspectives of persons with disabilities in Namibia

G Chibaya, P Govender… - Occupational Therapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Namibian government ratified the UNCRPD and its optional protocol in 2007 raising
expectations that such a convention would fundamentally improve the lives of persons with …

Towards a just distribution of student funding to youth with learning disabilities in vocational education and training

BI Nkambule, SA Ngubane - Research in Educational Policy and …, 2023 - repamjournal.org
The funding of higher-education students contributes to their skills development and renders
them employable and self-sustainable. Research indicates that the National Student …

[HTML][HTML] No care without justice: A normative ethical perspective of the employment of people with disabilities in hospitality businesses

AN Mzembe, V Filimonau - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2024 - Elsevier
People with disabilities (PWDs) face discrimination in the hospitality workplace. The aim of
this paper is therefore to frame issues surrounding the employment of PWDs in the …

Self-employment for people with disabilities: Barriers to and (im) possibilities in starting and running their own business

M Norstedt, P Germundsson - Scandinavian Journal of Disability …, 2022 - diva-portal.org
Little is known about self-employment among people with disabilities in Sweden. The
present article contributes knowledge about barriers and opportunities experienced by self …

The intersection of disability with substance use and addiction

S Reif, MT Lee, E Ledingham - … of Global Public …, 2023 - scholarworks.brandeis.edu
As many as one in four adults have a disability and up to one in 12 have addiction to alcohol
or drugs yet little is known about their intersection or more broadly about substance use …

[HTML][HTML] Grounding the right to live in the community (CRPD Article 19) in the capabilities approach to social justice

EW Bannister, S Venkatapuram - International Journal of Law and …, 2020 - Elsevier
For advocates of the rights of persons with disabilities, particularly persons with mental
disabilities, the human right to live in the community as an equal member is seen to be …

Disaster justice for people with disabilities

KT Ton, C Adamson - Disaster Prevention and Management: An …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine disaster justice for people with disabilities
(PWD). Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the capability approach, the article …

[HTML][HTML] Traversing Disability: Employers' Perspectives of Disability Inclusion

A Ebrahim, T Lorenzo, H Kathard - Disabilities, 2022 - mdpi.com
Persons with disabilities still experience challenges in obtaining employment even though
obligations associated with their employment are in place in legislative frameworks that …