People living with disability should be included in emergency preparedness planning. It was easy to experience “compassion fatigue” in the face of the sheer volume of distressing images coming ...

The City of Jacksonville’s Disabled Services Division and CIL Jacksonville are hosting a conference on Friday, August 8 to ...

For elderly citizens, or those living with a disability, a natural disaster or local emergency can be that much more frightening and challenging to manage. For the visually impaired, navigating a ...

Brisbane, who also lives with physical disabilities, understands these struggles firsthand. A diving accident 41 years ago left Brisbane quadriplegic, but it didn’t stop his commitment to service.

CIL Jacksonville and Disabled Services for the City of Jacksonville are hosting an emergency preparedness conference to help ...

The Emergency Preparedness page is designed to provide suggestions to students with disabilities on how they can become better prepared for emergencies and how faculty and staff can assist them.

(TNS) - Nearly two years after Winter Storm Uri, San Antonio is facing a federal lawsuit alleging its emergency preparedness plan is discriminatory and leaves "residents with disabilities out in ...

While preparedness professionals and legislators cannot always predict the total effect of disaster events such as COVID-19, there is no question that extreme weather events will occur.

A Disability Disaster Preparedness Workshop will be held on August 2nd at the Robicheaux Recreation Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, to help individuals with disabilities and their caregivers ...

Community members are invited to attend a Disability Disaster Preparedness Workshop on Saturday, August 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Robicheaux Recreation Center, 1919 Eraste Landry Road.