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Disability integration throughout the disaster cycle of prepare, respond and recover

Mary Casey-Lockyer and Shari Myers
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 10 (3), 249-258 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.69554/ITCX5523

Abstract

This paper will discuss the integration of individuals with access and functional needs including those with disabilities throughout the disaster cycle of prepare, respond and recover. The current environment of disaster planning response and recovery in regards to individuals with disabilities will be highlighted. Practical steps for emergency managers to better inclusion of all will be outlined and a table to assist clients in indentifying the type of shelter to best fit their needs is included. Best practices for recovery are also discussed.

Keywords: ADA; disability; disability emergency planning; disability community; access and functional needs; emergency preparedness; planning; response; recovery

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Author's Biography

Mary Casey-Lockyer is the Senior Associate for Disaster Health Services at the American Red Cross, where she also serves on the project steering committee for the Disability Integration for Disaster Cycle service and acts as liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Operations Center Emergency Management Group. She has presented domestically and internationally on the topic of planning for and responding to those with access and functional needs, including those with disabilities. She has a master’s degree in homeland security for public health preparedness from the Pennsylvania State University Hershey School of Medicine and a bachelor’s of science in nursing from DePaul University.

Shari Myers is Chief Operations Officer of Portlight Strategies, Inc. Her duties have included the coordination of several of Portlight’s Getting It Right conferences, management of response operations in California and South Carolina, including disability stakeholder task forces and long-term recovery casework teams, and disability integration training and education. As part of Portlight’s work with the American Red Cross, Shari is a national and local-level volunteer, and has deployed as disability integration coordinator on four large-scale response operations. Shari Myers is currently the American Red Cross Disaster Cycle Services’ Disability Integration Coordinator. In this role, Shari has deployed to multiple disaster relief operations to assist Red Cross to meet the needs of individuals with access and functional needs including those with disabilities. She formerly held the position of Chief Operations Officer for Portlight Strategies, Inc.

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Casey-Lockyer, Mary and Myers, Shari (2017, March 1). Disability integration throughout the disaster cycle of prepare, respond and recover. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 10, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.69554/ITCX5523.

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