Listen to Advocacy Matters for September 25, 2018: Hurricane Florence – Inadequate Response and Planning

Earlier in September, we talked about Hurricane Florence and how that Hurricane would be a test of our advocacy as well as a test of emergency planning policies and practices that are in place for people with disabilities.

Listen to Advocacy Matters: September 25, 2018

Each week, DRP CEO Peri Jude Radecic will appear on Disability Matters with Host Joyce Bender, about halfway through the show, to discuss a topic of importance to the rights of individuals with disabilities.

Download Partial Transcript: September 25, 2018

Relevant links

Center for American Progress

RELEASE: In the Wake of Florence, New CAP Brief Finds Trump Administration’s Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities Is Inadequate

http://www.disasterstrategies.org/index.php/news

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-florence-aftermath-nicolette-green-wendy-newton-die-in-flooded-sheriffs-van-family-wants-answers/

September 21, 2018 Disability Civil Rights Complaint: U.S. Department of Homeland Security; FEMA; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.disasterstrategies.org/index.php/news/disability-civil-rights-complaint-september-21st

CMS Rollback of Regulations
http://theconsumervoice.org/news/detail/latest/cms-proposes-rollback-of-emergency-preparedness-rules