Moving Beyond “Special Needs”
A Function-Based Framework for Emergency Management and Planning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12364708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | June Isaacson Kailes (Western University of Health Sciences, corresponding author), Alexandra Enders (University of Montana) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 230-237 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Disability Policy Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1044-2073 • E-ISSN: 1538-4802 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10442073070170040601 |
| OpenAlex | W2126945067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 1 |
Disaster preparation and emergency response processes, procedures, and systems can be made more effective for people with disabilities, as well as for the population as a whole. An essential element of building appropriate levels of capacity, specific planning, and response success is to move beyond use of the “special needs” category, to better identify and address the diverse needs of those included under this label. This article provides disability demographics and describes special needs populations to lay the foundation for this change. It suggests the development of a more accurate and flexible planning and response framework based on essential, sometimes overlapping, functional needs: communication, medical needs, maintaining functional independence, supervision, and transportation (C-MIST). It also proposes new approaches to functional support, leadership, service delivery, and training
Basic needs · Business · Demographics · Disaster response · Emergency management · Environmental health · Independence (probability theory · Independent living · Needs assessment · Political science · Population · Poverty · Process management · Service (business · Sociology · Special needs · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders · Child and Adolescent Health · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Medicine · Gerontology · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |