ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: Inclusive Emergency Planning | NLM

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ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: Inclusive Emergency Planning

02/13/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] National Network. Published: 2/13/2020. In this one-hour, 27-minute webinar, emergency managers from city, county, and state levels and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Region IX Disability Integration Specialist discuss how they were able to build better plans and engage with the disability community to achieve whole community all hazards emergency plans. They discuss why municipalities should build an inclusive all hazards plan, and why they should include people with disabilities in the planning process. (Video or Multimedia)