Literature analysis Hedvika Boukalová Simona Hoskovcová

The terms and databases searched The terms – target groups Deaf/Blind Hard of Hearing people People with vision/hearing disabilities People with disabilities and activity limitations The term of „specific or special needs“ is being criticised, it is used while talking about the different groups of people with disability in general. While talking about specific groups of people with disability, the more specific term is preferred: →people with hearing impairment → persons with vision impairment → people with mobility limitations Databases: –EBSCO –PsychInfo –Medline… –Google Scholar –Google (for CZ titles) blind victim/blind surviver/victim with vision disabilities/surviver with vision disabilites/deaf victim/deaf surviver/victim with hearing disabilities/surviver with hearing disabilites + communication/specifity of communication/ psychosocial intervention/psychological intervention/intervention/crisis intervention/guideline/emergency preparedness/mass catastrophe/disaster/trauma/ post-traumatic intervention

According to the type of the document Type of the documentnumbers Theory - articles (terminology, information, overview, resource, analysis, theory) 14 ( ) Theory – different (chapter, thesis, conference paper, consensus document) 7 ( ) Studies (Case study + research)8 (1+7) Practical, applied (manual, drill, recommendations, efficiency evaluation) 17 ( ) Technical solutions7

According to the topic topicnr disabilities19 deaf14 communication8 Preparedness, technical solution7 each blind4 Child, Crisis management, New media, participation, PTSD, stress3 each Alert, emergency alarm, emergency management, evacuation, Japan, Mobile phone, network, prevention 2 each Abuse, barriers, burnout syndrome, challenges, critical incident, ems professionals, executive order, federal programs, fire fighters, focus groups, foreigners, GIS, gobal applicability of the results, hurricane, internet, interpersonal violence, Law enforcement, management, media use, medical service, mental disorder, national and international law, risk reduction, service, shelter, sign language, specific needs, staff, training, transport, trauma, trauma therapy, Turkey 1 each

AuthorTitleFocus of the researchType of the research and nr. of respondents outcomes Gerber, E.Describing Tragedy: The Information Access Needs of Blind People in Emergency- Related Circumstances Audio description; emergency planning Exploratory research; telephone focus groups; 39 Specific information access needs in event of emergency Schild, S, Dalenberg, CJ Trauma exposure and traumatic symptoms in deaf adults Trauma in the group of adult people with hearing disability People with hearing disability; questionnaires; 79 Specific characteristics and vulnerabilities of trauma experience Kazuo Kamata, Shunichi Yonemura, Shin-ichiro Eitoku, and Masakatsu Aoki Japanese Earthquake Messages for Deaf People Usability of Japanese sign language and other ways of communication in the crisis communication Interviewing, experiment; people with hearing disability Sullivan, PM, Knutson, JF Maltreatment and behavioral characteristics of youth who are deaf and hard-of-hearing Children with hearing impairment Summary, overview of incidence, epidemiological study Child abuse neglecti in the specific group, vulnerabilities, specifics of the trauma experience Cheong, P. Karras, E. Deaf New Media Use and Interability Communication New media and their use by people with hearing impairment Survey; 327 respondents with hearing impairment, 321 without hearing impairment The importance of the new media. Harkins, J., Tucker, P. E, Williams, N., Sauro, J. Vibration signaling in mobile devices for emergency alerting: a study with deaf evaluators. Testing technical equipements Evaluation; 44 persons with hearing impairment Child, B., Oschwald, M., Curry, M. A., Hughes, R. B., Powers, L. E. Understanding the Experience of Crime Victims with Disabilities and Deaf Victims Interpersonal violenceFocus groups;52 with disabilities Adults with disabilities still experience certain barriers in the criminal justice system

Outcomes People with disabilities understood as being under higher risk of mental diseases then rest of population One of the main problems is lower accessibility of mental health care – mentioned across the world (New Zealand, USA, Europe) Specify of communication – technical development allows different technical solutions and on-line services More publication on hearing impairment: Question is, if there is more risk in this group or if this group is more initiative? Few research on disabled with disaster experience. More trauma research in the field of experience of violence (crime, home violence)