“…Research from disability studies separately notes that perceived disability status is often associated with stigma, creating a separate and unique barrier across societies and across cultures, which we argue augments disaster vulnerability. From interviews (Barile, Fichten, Ferraro, & Judd, 2006;Good, Phibbs, & Williamson, 2016;Kailes, 2015;White, Fox, Rooney, & Cahill, 2007) and narratives (Ducy, Stough, & Clark;Kelman & Stough, 2015a;White, B., 2006;White, G., 2015), people with disabilities have identified stigma, discrimination, systemic barriers, and ignorance as leading to their exclusion from disaster risk reduction. Recent international human rights policy has made promising strides to recognize the marginalized status and needs of people with disabilities, but changes in practice continue to lag behind (Alexander, 2015;United Nations, 2006;World Health Organization & World Bank, 2011).…”