Posts filed under: disaster planning

Aug. 29, 2011
Public News Service
“Access Issues” at Some Hurricane Irene Evacuation Shelters
Emergency evacuation decisions are tougher for people with disabilities because they need to be sure they are fleeing to shelters that they can get in and out of and use. In the wake of Hurricane Irene, there are allegations today that the City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) fell short on promises that people being ordered out of "Zone A" would be evacuated to "accessible shelters."
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disaster planning, public policy, public safety

May 24, 2011
Psych Central
Disaster Plans Should Include Those with Mental Illness
When disaster strikes — whether a deadly supercell tornado, a flood, or man-made catastrophe — it is not just those with physical injuries and trauma-related disorders who suffer.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety

Feb. 11, 2011
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Federal judge orders disaster plan for LA disabled
The city of Los Angeles discriminates against disabled people because it lacks specific plans to meet their needs in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency, a federal court ruled Friday, the first such decision in the country.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

July 28, 2010
WTVM-TV (Columbus, Ga.)
Disaster preparedness for those with disabilities
In Columbus alone, over fifty thousand people are living with special needs. Many of them function in society under normal circumstances quite well -- but tornadoes, house fires, and evacuations are not normal circumstances.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

June 15, 2010
The Miami Herald
House panel: FEMA unprepared to help the disabled in a disaster
Almost five years after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government remains woefully unprepared to rescue at-risk groups of people in the path of a catastrophe, a congressional panel charged on Tuesday.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

May 19, 2010
WBZ-TV (Boston)
Disabilities Group Faults Mass. On Water Crisis
An advocacy group for the disabled on Wednesday filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice over the state's handling of a drinking water crisis earlier this month.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

Jan. 26, 2010
CNN
Struggle for Haiti Amputees
Heather Mills joins Larry King to discuss efforts to help those who lost limbs as a result of the Haitian earthquake.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, physical disability

Jan. 22, 2010
The Oakland Tribune
CityWise: Oakland settles lawsuit with disability rights group
City officials reached a settlement this week with the Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates over a 2007 lawsuit that said the city was ill-prepared to help disabled people in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or firestorm.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disaster planning, public policy, public safety

Dec. 22, 2009
The Washington Post
John R. Hudson dies; quadriplegic championed the disabled
John R. Hudson, 62, a social worker who devoted his career to support and rehabilitation for the disabled after a diving accident left him a quadriplegic as a young adult, died of respiratory arrest Dec. 9 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax County.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disaster planning, language, public policy, public safety

Sept. 7, 2009
The (Trenton, N.J.) Times
CERT helps people with disabilities prepare for disaster
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Filed Under: disaster planning, housing, public safety

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