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[Steve Brown]

SPECIAL ISSUE OF RDS ON DISABILITY AND DISASTER AVAILABLE NOW FOR
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Parting the Waters:  Disability and Deliverance in the Wake of
Disaster is a special forum of Review of Disability Studies: An
International Journal (RDS) guest-edited by Christopher Johnstone and
Alex Lubet of the University of Minnesota. The forum includes articles
focused on current events, theory, literature, and historical
perspectives within the context of events such as Hurricane Katrina,
9/11, AIDS in Africa, the Southeast Asian Tsunami, the
Israel-Palestine conflict, and the Montreal Ice Storm. Contributors
come from a variety of fields such as social work, psychology,
landscape architecture, English, and music and include Mark Priestley,
David Mitchell & Sharon Snyder, and Grace & Thomas Christ.  Parting
the Waters is a significant contribution to our global understanding
of the socially-constructed problems of disability and disaster.

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Table of Contents, volume 2, issue 3
copyright 2006

Introduction, In the Beginning, Alex Lubet, USA

How Can We Sing a Song of the LORD on Alien Soil? Disability,
Disaster, and the Idea of Music in Judaism, Alex Lubet, USA

Esau's Mission, or Trauma as Propaganda: Disability after the
Intifada, Marcy Epstein, USA

The Relationship Between the Design of the Built Environment and the
Ability to Egress of Individuals with Disabilities, Keith M.
Christensen, Shawnee D. Collins, Judith M. Holt, & Curtis Phillips,
USA

Ice Storm Experiences of Persons with Disabilities: Knowledge is
Safety, Maria Barile, Catherine Fitchten, Vittoria Ferraro, & Darlene
Judd, Canada

Disaster Relief for Deaf Persons: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita, Barbara White, USA

Natural Hazards, Human Vulnerability and Disabling Societies: A
Disaster for Disabled People?, Laura Hemingway & Mark Priestley,
United Kingdom

Academic and Behavioral Reactions of Children with Disabilities to the
Loss of a Firefighter Father: The New York City World Trade Center
Attack 9/11/01, Grace H. Christ & Thomas W. Christ, USA

Trauma, Grief and the Social Model: Practice Guidelines for Working
with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in the Wake of Disasters,
Michelle S. Ballan & Mary Sormanti, USA

Politics and the Pandemic: HIV/AIDS, Africa, and the Discourse of
Disability, Laura L. Behling, USA

Disability Studies and Disaster Services: Putting the "DS" in "DS",
Christopher Johnstone, USA

Book Reviews:

The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook, A Guide to Promoting Healthy
Lifestyles, by Joan E. Guthrie Medlen
      Reviewed by Martha Guinan

Helping Your Teenager Beat Depression: A Problem-Solving Approach for
Families, by Katharina Manassis and Anne Marie Levac
      Reviewed by Shirley Gerum

A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals: A Daring Response to an
Epidemic, by Barbara I. Willinger and Alan Rice
      Reviewed by J.


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