Disaster Preparedness for Providers-Module 4: Disabilities and Disasters

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Video Summary

Module 4 of the "Disabilities and Disasters" course highlights the challenges in collecting statistics on people with disabilities, particularly in disaster contexts. In Texas, 12.7% of the population, over 3.5 million individuals, identify as disabled. Alarmingly, 84% lack a preparedness plan. This underscores the need for better engagement with the disability community. In disasters, many individuals with disabilities who evacuate do not return home, revealing significant systemic gaps. Once institutionalized, tracking becomes difficult, often leading to unintended long-term institutionalization. The next module will explore legal requirements for emergency management concerning disabilities.

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In this module, you will review statistics surrounding individuals with disabilities in the state of Texas and in the disaster space.

Keywords

disabilities

disasters

preparedness

institutionalization

emergency management