TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Disaster relief and crisis intervention with deaf communities: lessons learned from the Japanese deaf community
JO  - Journal of social work in disability and rehabilitation
A1  - Takayama, Kota
SP  - 247
EP  - 260
VL  - 16
IS  - 3-4
N2  - During natural disasters and crises, the Deaf and hard of hearing community might not have full accessibility to all of the information shared with the larger hearing community. This may be due to the lack of awareness among social work professionals about these cultural and linguistic needs of this minority population. The purpose of this article is to explore the challenges faced by the Deaf community and to discuss culturally and linguistically appropriate crisis intervention and mobilization to natural disaster situations based on the experiences of the Japanese Deaf communities affected by the Kobe and Tohoku earthquakes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1536-710X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1536710X.2017.1372241
ID  - ref1
ER  -