3 things we can do now to help people with disability prepare for disaster
loss of power for life-sustaining equipment transportation challenges meaning people have to evacuate without equipment they need nowhere to go because warning information and environments (such as the homes of friends or family, or evacuation facilities) are inaccessible. Disaster planning for people with disability matters. We perpetuate inequality with every step we don’t take, and risk entrenching disadvantage. And if you make things inclusive for people with disability, you tend to make it inclusive for large swathes of groups also at risk in emergencies, including older people, soci...
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