The latest edition of the newsletter of the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) focuses on transport and disasters, in the light of the Asian tsunami and previous disasters. Copies can be downloaded from www.ifrtd.org The latest issue of id21 insights, on disability, contains an article based on research by the International Disability and Development Consortium on how the needs of disabled people have been met since the tsunami. Copies can be downloaded from www.id21.org/insights