FEMA Getting Real II Conference Follow Up Letter,
Marcie Roth, Director, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination,
On September 12 - 14th, 2011 the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Office
of Disability Integration and Coordination hosted a successful conference
"Getting Real II: Promising Practices in Inclusive Emergency Management for the
Whole Community" Focusing on disability inclusive promising practices. READ
MORE:
http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/11/usa-fema-office-of-disability-integration-and-coordination-update-getting-real-ii/.
Advocates Sue NY City Over Emergency Preparedness
Failures
Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) lawsuit of New York City
and their Office of Emergency Management (OEM) on behalf of the Brooklyn Center
for Independence of the Disabled (BCID) and Center for Independence of the
Disabled, New York (CIDNY) due to the city’s inability to meet the needs
of people with disabilities during disasters.
8/12/09 Disaster Plans Fall Short For People With
Disabilities Significantly more needs to be done to improve disaster
response for people with disabilities, a new federal report finds.
Full
story at disabilityscoop.com
