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- 1. Disasters and People with Disabilities David Alexander University College London
- 2. • lack of data on needs • lack of integration and co-operation among organisations for people with disabilities & civil protection authorities • no general standard for emergency planning and management for people with disabilities, only pockets of innovation. There is a knowledge, planning and implementation shortfall in civil protection
- 3. • mobility impairment: a barrier to evacuation • hearing, sight and cognition impairment: barriers to receipt of warnings • obstacles to communication • loss of electricity for support equipment • shortage of assistance. Emergencies and disasters create barriers
- 4. "A gender, age, disability and cultural perspective should be integrated in all policies and practices." para. 19(d) "Empowering women and persons with disabilities to publicly lead and promote gender equitable and universally accessible response, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction approaches is key." Para. 32
- 5. Creating a culture of civil protection Creating a culture of inclusion and acceptance Cultural change HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- 6. Are measures comprehensive enough to include all kinds of disability?
- 7. Is providing assistance to people with disabilities a medical, social, public health or public order problem? Why should it be considered a problem at all? Providing emergency assistance to people with disabilities, and helping them to be resilient, is a multi-dimensional challenge.
- 8. Is 'positive discrimination' advisable during emergencies?
- 9. Pertinent questions & issues - and some possible answers Is enough attention given to emergency planning for institutions, such as care homes and psychiatric hospitals?
- 10. Person with disability • family members • carers and personal assistants • neighbours Services • civil protection • emergency responders • health services • social services • voluntary agencies - civil protection • voluntary agencies - people with disabilities Institutions (e.g. care homes) • carers and managers
- 11. • evacuation and temporary shelter • specialised evacuation of fragile people • continuity of medication and treatment • monitoring people's condition • "No one should be left behind". Emergency planning arrangements for care homes
- 12. Should registering people with disabilities with the civil protection authorities be obligatory or a matter of choice? Does legislation on assisting people with disabilities [in emergencies and disasters] need to invite or require compliance? Should there be sanctions for not doing to?
- 13. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires countries to involve people in the making of decisions that concern them. Does anyone take the trouble to see civil protection and emergency management from the point of view of people with disabilities?
- 14. Emergency planning is usually orientated to catering for large groups of people: citizens with disabilities need individual attention. It is not a good strategy to merge assistance to people with disabilities with that given to other groups (ethnic minorities, single mothers, etc.).
- 15. Some basic principles: • preparation, training, exercising • associations for people with disabilities involved in civil protection and emergency planning • emergency communications to be accessible and reliable • procedures and services accessible in normal times and emergencies • involve the mass media in the transmission of warnings to people with disabilities.
- 16. Anti-discrimination monitoring (and eventual correction) to be applied to: • planning • alert • warning • emergency response • evacuation • respite • transitional shelter • recovery.
- 17. dDisabilities volunteer organisations Civil protection volunteer organisations Social services of local authorities Social services of local health districts Emergency Planning
- 18. Most of the innovations and advances in assisting people with disabilities in disasters and crises come from the local (or possibly regional), not national level.
- 19. • review • guidelines • recommendations
- 20. Providing safe conditions for people with disabilities during and after disaster is not a problem: it is a challenge at which to excel. David.Alexander@ucl.ac.uk www.slideshare.net/dealexander