Emergency Preparedness Belongs to Everyone
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Commissioner Patricia Morrissey, ADD
Recommended Documents
9-11 Experience 
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This report is based on a face-to-face interview between the author, Kathy Hargett, Member, President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Kathleen M. Broderick, Associate Commissioner, NY City Regional Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. It discusses the actions taken by the NYCRO/MRDD in response to the 9/11 attacks and includes strategies that worked in addition to suggestions for future consideration. (supplied by EAD & Associates, LLC)
An ADA Guide for Local Governments
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Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities
This guide is an illustrated publication that provides guidance on preparing for and carrying out emergency response programs in a manner that results in the services being accessible to people with disabilities. (supplied by ADA.gov)
Are we prepared for the cost of preparedness? 
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This guest commentary article, published in 2006, examines the impact of emergencies and disasters on financially vulnerable populations. (supplied by Homeland Protection Professional, now Homeland1.com)
Checklist for Individuals with Disabilities in Congregate Housing Situations
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This checklist provides a list of questions that organizers in congregate housing situations, including shelters, can use during an emergency to keep record of important information about individuals with disabilities. (supplied by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities)
Guide for Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness Planning
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This guide is primarily intended to assist people involved in preparedness planning at the municipal and regional levels. It also contains information that will be useful to individuals with disabilities and families in the appendices. (supplied by the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities)
The Impact of 2003 Wildfires on People with Disabilities, April 1, 2004
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The State Independent Living Center in California published this report addressing the impact of the 2003 Wildfires in Southern California on people with disabilities. (supplied by EAD & Associates, LLC)
Products for Individuals with Special Needs
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This document provides an overview of several products available to emergency first responders and individuals with disabilities to assist with emergency preparedness and response. (supplied by Homeland Protection Professional, now Homeland1.com)
Report on Special Needs Assessment for Katrina Evacuees (SNAKE) Project
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The purpose of the SNAKE project was to capture a snapshot in time through a representative sampling of experience and observation on the ground. This report is intended to be used to address immediate challenges and to suggest further review to identify systemic points of weakness and opportunities for immediate actionable corrections that will alleviate suffering during emergency response operations. (supplied by the National Organization on Disability)
Report on Special Needs – Issues, Efforts and Lessons Learned
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This report was prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) New York State Disaster Field Office following the September 11th World Trade Center attack. This document was prepared to:
- Identify the special needs issues confronted.
- Document the efforts made to address those special needs.
- Share the lessons learned that can be applied in future disaster operations to ensure appropriate assistance to potentially vulnerable special needs populations.
(supplied by EAD & Associates, LLC)
Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning
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This report by the National Council on Disability provides an overview of recommended steps the Federal Government should take to build a solid and resilient infrastructure that will enable the government to include the diverse populations of people with disabilities in emergency preparedness, disaster relief, and homeland security programs. This infrastructure would incorporate access to technology, physical plants, programs, and communications. It also would include procurement and emergency programs and services. (supplied by the National Council on Disability)
Southern California Wildfires After Action Report
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This After Action Report (AAR) highlights many disaster response and recovery areas of specific and significant concern to the diverse disabilities communities in California. It documents the experiences of people with disabilities and individuals with access and functional needs. This AAR offers 71 specific recommendations for strengthening and improving preparedness, response actions and recovery efforts that are inclusive of people with disabilities and activity limitations.
(supplied by the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers)
Special People, Special Care
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This article, published in 2006, focuses on meeting the emergency needs of special populations. In this case, a special-needs population is typically the 20% of each community who in the event of an emergency would need additional assistance from others.
(supplied by Homeland Protection Professional, now Homeland1.com)
Tips for First Responders
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The tip sheets provide information first responders can use during emergencies as well as routine encounters. They are not meant to be comprehensive, but contain specific information that you can read quickly either before or while responding to an incident. (supplied by the Center for Development and Disability)
We Can Do Better: Lessons Learned for Protecting Older Persons in Disasters
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In an effort to identify lessons learned in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and to share promising practices, AARP convened a diverse group of more than 100 government officials at federal, state and local levels; emergency preparedness and response experts; relief organizations, and aging and disability advocates. Highlights from the AARP conference and an extensive literature review, plus data from a short survey of persons age 50 and older conducted by Harris Interactive for AARP in November 2005, are presented in this AARP Public Policy Institute report.
(supplied by AARP)
Recommended Resource Links
ADD Webpage on Disaster Preparedness
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/resources/dispub.html
Disability Preparedness Resource Center
This disability preparedness web site provides practical information on how people with and without disabilities can prepare for an emergency. It also provides information for family members of, and service providers to, people with disabilities. In addition, this site includes information for emergency planners and first responders to help them to better prepare for serving persons with disabilities.
http://www.disabilitypreparedness.gov
Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities
The Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities was established to ensure that the federal government appropriately supports safety and security for individuals with disabilities in disaster situations.
http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/committees/editorial_0591.shtm
SAMHSA Disaster Recovery Resources
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse provides a variety of resources, including links to a variety of presentations on a range of disaster behavioral health topics.
http://www.samhsa.gov/CSATDisasterRecovery
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
SABE's mission is to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and that they are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up to empower themselves; opportunities to make new friends; and to learn from their mistakes.
http://www.sabeusa.org
Working Conference on Emergency Management and Individuals with Disabilities and the Elderly
During June 2006, more than 400 state delegates and others assembled in Washington, D.C. for the Working Conference on Emergency Management and Individuals with Disabilities and the Elderly. This site provides a complete description of that event, including reports, transcripts, presentations, and other relevant materials.
http://www.add-em-conf.com
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