On June 22, 2011 St. Petersburg College's National Terrorism Preparedness Institute (NTPI), a division of the Center for Public Safety Innovation, hosted a Webcast/Satellite Broadcast on the FEMA/DHS initiative, Planning for the Whole Community. This broadcast can be viewed by visiting the Live Response website. The program highlighted FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC) and explained the importance of including people with access and functional needs in emergency and disaster planning. Guests included Marcie Roth, Director of the ODIC; Richard Devylder, Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation at the U.S. Department of Transportation; and June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant/Associate Director, Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy at WesternU.
The broadcast can also be found under ODIC News – 06/28/11 http://www.fema.gov/about/odic/
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Survey for Personal Assistant Services Users re: Emergency Experiences
The Center on Disability the Public Health Institute along with the Center for Personal Assistance Services at UC San Francisco is conducting a research study to determine promising practices in preparing for emergencies among individuals with disabilities who use personal assistance services (PAS). If you use PAS and have experienced disasters or emergencies we would like to hear about your experiences.
Please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZTXYZ69 to give your experiences.
Please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZTXYZ69 to give your experiences.
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