Discuss sheltering needs for special needs populations.
COURSE NAME: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS
Weeks Five–Persons with Disabilities and Disasters
INTRODUCTION
When most people think of special needs populations, the group that enters their mind is the disabled. Current terminology calls this group “persons with disabilities.” FEMA has changed the term to “Access and Functional Needs” and covers much more than traditional disabilities.
Objectives:
Discuss sheltering needs for special needs populations.
Think about changes you make for persons with disability if you had the power to do so.
Discuss what you think “Nobody left behind” means for persons with disability.
Reminders:
Chat 1 – TBD
FEMA IS 20.12 – Diversity Awareness
READING ASSIGNMENTS
FEMA’s guidance on disabled persons and inclusion in general duty shelters http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/odic/fnss_guidance.pdf
DISCUSSON BORED QUESTIONS
1- Identify some of the legal, medical and ethical issues that may arise from not providing for persons with special needs in shelters.
2- Choose 5 inexpensive expedient “fixes” which can be employed in a shelter to increase accessibility
3- Respond critically to two of my classmates post (attached).
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– Kindly, answer all discussion questions clearly and completely.
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