Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Reports:

Embodied Agency and Resilience: A Framework for Examining Disabled Refugees’ Experiences in the Post-Migration Context, Concept paper (Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance, Oct. 2024) [text]

Growing up well in a new country: Supporting mental health and wellbeing for young people with disability from migrant and refugee backgrounds  (Flinders University, Oct. 2024) [access]

- Focuses on Australia.

HESHIMA Toolkit (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln et al., Oct. 2024) [access]

- This resource "focuses on enhancing humanitarian mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) inclusion through participatory approaches. ...[It] was developed in partnership with a community advisory board of older people (OP) and people living with disabilities (PLWD) with refugee backgrounds residing in Kenya."

Recognised yet invisible: Addressing the needs of older Syrian refugees in Türkiye (HelpAge, Oct. 2024) [text]

War in Cities: Persons with disabilities and the role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRC, April 2024) [access]

- Available in Arabic, English, French & Spanish.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Disability-Related Risks Among Women and Girls Who are Forcibly Displaced from Venezuela," Disabilities, vol. 4, no. 4 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on  Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

"From Policy to Practice: The Evolution of Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Action on Internal Displacement in Vanuatu and Nigeria," Chapter in Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: 

Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move (Routledge, Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Inclusion of Displaced Older People in Research and Practice: Insights on Humanitarian Action for Older Filipinos," Chapter in Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move (Routledge, Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Service-policy gaps in the settlement journey of Arabic-speaking immigrant newcomer and refugee older adults in Edmonton, Canada," PLoS ONE 19(10): e0311646 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Striving in uncertainty: how disabled refugee women negotiate everyday activities and participation," Disability & Society, Latest Articles, 26 Sept. 2024 [open access] 

- Focuses on Sweden.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (23 Sept. 2024)