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	Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Persons with Disabilities Final Report, January 2007 Web site
	Disability Prepared Research and Training Center on Independent Living, University of Kansas Recent research has shown that seniors, people with disabilities or chronic health conditions and the poor are more likely to die or be left behind during a disaster. This website brings together some exemplary current best practice efforts addressing the disaster-related needs of people with disabilities. Web site
	Disability Preparedness Resource Center Information for emergency managers, responders, service and care providers as it relates to people with disabilities. Other agencies with useful information for emergency managers and first responders. Web site
	DisabilityInfo.gov A government web site providing emergency preparedness information. Web site
	Disastersrus A private web site providing emergency disaster information. Web site
	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Guidance on Planning for Integration of Functional Needs Support Services in General Population Shelters FEMA has provided new emergency sheltering guidelines to help state planners and non-profit organizations ensure people with access and functional needs receive lawful and equitable assistance after disasters. The Functional Needs Support Services Guidance, or FNSS, offers recommendations to state governments to help them provide emergency sheltering services to meet the needs of their communities and are in compliance with existing federal laws designed to prevent discrimination on the basis of disability. The FNSS guidance encourages emergency managers to plan for meeting the access and functional needs of the whole community. The FNSS document is now available under Preparedness Resources on the FEMA Office of Disability Integration and Coordination website. pdf: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/odic/fnss_guidance.pdf Web site
	FEMA - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency Accommodating individuals with disabilities in the provision of disaster mass care, housing, and human services Web site
	Ready America Community and state information for emergency situations. publications, kits and instructional videos. Information for people with disabilities and other special needs Information for Older Americans Download Ready America publications Web site
	The National Council on Disability (NCD) A report (April 2005) which includes the disaster experiences of people with disabilities and activity limitations and how their access to disaster services could be improved. Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning
	U.S. Access Board Emergency evacuation and disaster preparedness. Web site

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