FW: Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters
Sarah Yates
FYI
Sarah C. Yates
From: FEMA-Disability-Integration-Coordination [mailto:FEMA-Disability-Inte...@fema.dhs.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:25 PM
Subject: Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dear Colleagues;
Marcie Roth, Director of FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, would like to announce the next session in the “Emergency Management and Preparedness – Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series”. “Communication with People with
Disabilities in Disasters” webinar will take place November 12, 2013.
This free webinar will focus on communicating with people with disabilities during and after an emergency or disaster including warnings, emergency public information, and disaster recovery information using experiences and observations from the May 2013 Severe
Weather, Tornadoes, and Flooding in Oklahoma. If you would like to join this informative webinar, please register on-line at
www.adaconferences.org/Emergency.
Feel free to forward this message to anyone that may be interested in this upcoming discussion.
Just in case you haven’t seen this…
Announcing “Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters" - the next session in the “Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series” to be held on November 12, 2013.
Produced by the Pacific ADA Center and supported by the Great Lakes ADA Center.
When disasters strike, accurate and timely information is one of the most important elements for individuals with disabilities to receive. This webinar will focus on communicating with people with disabilities during and after an emergency or disaster including warnings, emergency public information, and disaster recovery information using experiences and observations from the May 2013 Severe Weather, Tornadoes, and Flooding in Oklahoma. Best practices, successful approaches, and new technology for communicating with people who are blind or have visual impairments, are deaf or have hearing limitations, or have a cognitive disability will be shared by presenters. We encourage you to join us on November 12th.
Title: Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters
Time: 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT/
Presenters: Franklin Barnes - Emergency Manager-Oklahoma City
Vicky Golightly - Public Information Officer, Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Stephanie Green Nichols, CI & CT - Executive Director of Sign Language Resource Services
Jason Price - Program Manager - Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
Registration: Free on-line at www.adaconferences.org/Emergency
These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform and all sessions will be closed captioned.
The previous sessions in this free series addressed the Federal Response to Emergencies and the State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies. These sessions were recorded and can be reviewed at www.adaconferences.org/Emergency/Archives
The Pacific and Great Lakes ADA Centers are both members of the ADA National Network
Questions regarding the content of this webinar should be directed to Lewis Kraus at dep...@adapacific.org
Questions regarding registration and/or technical aspects of this program should be directed to webi...@adaconferences.org or by calling 877-232-1990 V/TTY