Posts filed under: disaster planning

June 15
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
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
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
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

Aug. 12, 2009
The Washington Times
Disaster plans leave disabled behind
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

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