Alina Engelman (
Leyla Craig, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Oct;41(10):1496-1504. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00474.
Disabled people are highly susceptible to climate change impacts and disasters, yet they often remain sidelined or largely invisible. Policy makers, humanitarian agencies, and governments need to address the climate-related vulnerabilities that disabled people encounter during acute events and in the course of more creeping forms of climate change. As deaf researchers, we call for integrating disability justice into climate and disaster preparedness policies and practices worldwide. A disability justice approach can embrace the strengths that disabled people bring to disaster planning and climate mitigation and advocacy efforts. In this article we present case studies from different global regions to illustrate how disability is overlooked in responding to climate-related health impacts and disaster planning. We also draw particular attention to mutual aid networks led by disabled people in adapting to climate-related health impacts. We then suggest questions to help policy makers and practitioners integrate disability justice into their work. Above all, disabled people, organizations, and service providers should take ownership over the process of developing policies and actions to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate disasters.
残疾人极易受到气候变化的影响和灾害，但他们往往被边缘化或在很大程度上被忽视。政策制定者、人道主义机构和政府需要解决残疾人在急性事件期间以及更缓慢形式的气候变化过程中遇到的与气候相关的脆弱性。作为聋人研究人员，我们呼吁将残疾正义纳入全球气候和备灾政策及实践中。残疾正义方法可以接受残疾人在灾难规划和气候缓解及倡导工作中带来的优势。在本文中，我们呈现了来自不同全球区域的案例研究，以说明在应对与气候相关的健康影响和灾难规划时如何忽视了残疾问题。我们还特别关注由残疾人领导的适应与气候相关的健康影响的互助网络。然后，我们提出了一些问题，以帮助政策制定者和实践者将残疾正义纳入其工作中。最重要的是，残疾人、组织和服务提供商应该在制定政策和采取行动方面拥有自主权，以更好地预防、准备和应对气候灾害。
