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Disability, Conflict, and Environmental Conditions: Introduction

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It is now accepted that persons with disabilities suffer disproportionate harms in disaster and displacement contexts, most particularly when persons with disabilities cross international borders in search of protection. Advances in domestic and international laws and policies are changing attitudes and approaches for these people. However, achieving equal treatment and mainstreaming disability-inclusive and rights-based approaches to disaster risk management is a work in progress. The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing conflicts around the world underscore the importance of the insights provided by the authors in this collection. The shared aim is to lay out a road map to ensuring the full and effective participation of all persons with disabilities in society, acknowledging the intersecting and cross-cutting issues that create barriers in contexts of disaster and displacement.

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    See https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer. Compare CRED (2021), p. 1.

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    COP16 (2010), para. 14(f).

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  1. Law School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Mary E Crock & Ron C McCallum AO

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  1. Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marcia H. Rioux

  2. School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Alexis Buettgen

  3. Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, State University, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Ezra Zubrow

  4. Advocacy Director, International Disability Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada

    José Viera

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Crock, M.E., McCallum AO, R.C. (2024). Disability, Conflict, and Environmental Conditions: Introduction. In: Rioux, M.H., Buettgen, A., Zubrow, E., Viera, J. (eds) Handbook of Disability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1278-7_73-2

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