Web Sites Help Those With Special Needs
Part of a series on Hurricane Preparedness in Texas
Release Date: May 3, 2006
Release Number: 1606-206
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AUSTIN, Texas -- The following is a list of informational Web sites for people with special needs preparing for this year's hurricane season:
www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_603_,00.html
A Web site to find Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs, a guide prepared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency in partnership with the American Red Cross.
www.disabilitypreparedness.gov
The following disability preparedness web site provides practical information on how people with and without disabilities can prepare for an emergency. It also provides information for family members of, and service providers to, people with disabilities. In addition, this site includes information for emergency planners and first responders to help them to better prepare for serving persons with disabilities:
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/emergencyprep.htm
An ADA Guide for Local Governments: Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities,
www.governor.state.tx.us/disabilities
The Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Web site
www.disabilitypreparedness.gov
Disability Preparedness Resource Center. This site has links for emergency managers, responders and service and care providers.
www.prepare.org/disabilities/disabilitiesprep.htm.
The site includes click-on versions for large print text, Arabic, Spanish, Farsi, French, Hmong, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Russian, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
www.prepare.org/disabilities/disabilities.htm
Sign Language for Emergency Situations. A helpful manual for people with hearing impairments (January 2002). Scroll down to the title highlighted in blue. This PDF (Portable Document Format) file, opens with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded free from the Adobe Web site.
www.prepare.org/basic/generators.htm
Using a Generator When Disaster Strikes was developed with technical advice from the National Fire Protection Association (publisher of the ational Electric Code(r)).
www.prepare.org/disabilities/cognitivetips.htm
Tips for People with Cognitive Disabilities,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/communicatetips.htm
Tips for People with Communication Disabilities,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/medicaltips.htm
Tips for People with Disabilities and Medical Concerns,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/chemicaltips.htm
Tips for People with Environmental or Chemical Sensitivities,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/hearingtips.htm
Tips for People with Hearing Impairments,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/lifesupporttips.htm
Tips for People with Life-Support Systems,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/mobilitytips.htm
Tips for People with Mobility Concerns,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/psychiatrictips.htm
Tips for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
www.prepare.org/disabilities/animaltips.htm
Tips for People with Service Animals or Pets,
www.prepare.org/disabilities/visualtips.htm
Tips for People with Visual Disabilities,
FEMA manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 16-May-2006 09:53:08