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Disaster Mitigation and Persons with Disabilities

Disaster Mitigation and Persons with Disabilities . Edward Tanzman Co-Director, Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness Argonne National Laboratory February 23, 2010. Mitigation Reduces Disaster Risks and Consequences. Mitigation purposes: Reduce community threats

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Disaster Mitigation and Persons with Disabilities

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  1. Disaster Mitigationand Persons with Disabilities Edward Tanzman Co-Director, Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness Argonne National Laboratory February 23, 2010

  2. Mitigation Reduces DisasterRisks and Consequences • Mitigation purposes: • Reduce community threats • Increase resilience among those affected • Examples: • Build structures only outside of floodplains • Install earthquake valves on natural gas pipes • Get influenza vaccinations • Challenges: • Typically requires investment without immediate payback • Favors the powerful when government funds are involved Go to ”Insert (View) | Header and Footer" to add your organization, sponsor, meeting name here; then, click "Apply to All"

  3. Mitigation Benefits Persons with Disabilities Disproportionately • Greater vulnerability to disasters means greater benefits from risk reduction • Reduces response resource requirements • Reduces long-term recovery needs • Reduces instances of exclusion • Better overall availability of assistive technology also can be a disaster mitigation strategy • Increased access greater wealth more resilience • Greater assistive technology resources implies more options for their use during disasters Go to ”Insert (View) | Header and Footer" to add your organization, sponsor, meeting name here; then, click "Apply to All"

  4. Needs of Persons with Disabilities Must Be Included in Mitigation Strategy Development • Education • Information about persons with disabilities (registries) • Benefits for persons with disabilities of mitigation • Benefits for community resilience of greater assistive technology availability • Impacts of disabilities on mitigation options • Tools • Data about assistive technology organizations and inventories • Methods to integrate assistive technology resources more fully into social support systems • Models to optimize assistive technology reuse benefits for mitigating community disaster risks Go to ”Insert (View) | Header and Footer" to add your organization, sponsor, meeting name here; then, click "Apply to All"

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