Emergency
Experience
June
Isaacson Kailes operates a Disability Policy Consulting practice and is
the
Associate Director, Center
for Disability and Health
Policy at
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California. In the early
1980s, June became one of just a handful
of people with disabilities who focused on
disability and
aging related emergency issues. She works on emergency issues
internationally, with local, state, regional, and federal agencies,
with
community-based organizations and an array of other emergency
professionals. Her breadth and depth of experience in access
and functional needs and her work
as a writer, trainer, researcher, policy analyst, advocate, subject
matter expert and expert witness is widely
known
and respected.
June is well known for her
pioneering work in conceiving, promoting, and moving the emergency
management world
from the vague “special needs” focus to operationalizing an
access and functional
needs approach to planning
and response. This also includes conceiving and
working with the State of California to
adopt
and implement the use of Functional Assessment Service Teams (FAST).
These teams strategically link government, nonprofit and business
sectors to work with individuals with access and
functional needs to enable people to maintain
mobility, health,
safety, independence, and successfully manage in general population
shelters
and other
temporary housing options. This model is being put into practice in
California as well as many other states.
June has the
unique ability
to blend and bridge two worlds: disability user experiences and
emergency
management experiences. Her contracts include working with several
California State Departments as
well as cities and counties. She has also worked on nationally with
FEMA, the
Centers for Disease Control, Department of Homeland Security, and
Health
and
Human Services on policy, planning and training issues. She co-chaired
The
United States Department of Homeland
Security’s working group which developed a Functional and Medical
Support Sheltering Target
Capabilities List, worked on FEMA's Guidance on Planning for
Integration of Functional
Needs Support Services in General Population Shelters, and is
a member of FEMA's National Advisory Council.
June publishes extensively on emergency
issues related to people with disabilities and others with access and
functional needs. Some of her frequently used and
cited publications include:
- Southern
California Wildfires After Action Report, PDF, Text
- Tips for
Emergency Use of Mobile Devices
- Checklist for Integrating
People with
Disabilities and Others with Access and Functional Needs into Emergency
Planning, Response & Recovery
- Emergency Registries for
People with Access and
Functional Needs
- Emergency Preparedness:
Taking Responsibility For Your Safety - Tips for
People with Activity Limitations and Disabilities, written
for and
distributed by Los Angeles County, Office of Emergency Management,
Emergency
Survival Program.
- Living
and Lasting on Shaky Ground: An Earthquake Preparedness Guide for
People with
Disabilities,
distributed by California Office
of Emergency Safety, Creating a
Disaster - Resistant Infrastructure for People at Risk Including People
with
Disabilities (published and used in several countries). PDF: A, B, C, D, E, F
- Emergency
Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility for Your Safety A Guide
For
People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations
She
held many offices on the boards of the National Council of Independent
Living
and the California Foundation of Independent Living Centers and served
as the
Executive Director of the Westside Center for Independent Living in Los
Angeles. President Clinton appointed June to the United States Access
Board
where she served eight years and led the Board as its Vice Chair and
Chair.
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June
Isaacson Kailes operates a Disability Policy Consulting practice and is
the
Associate Director, Center
for Disability and Health
Policy at
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California. In the early
1980s, June became one of just a handful
of people with disabilities who focused on
disability and
aging related emergency issues. She works on emergency issues
internationally, with local, state, regional, and federal agencies,
with
community-based organizations and an array of other emergency
professionals. Her breadth and depth of experience in access
and functional needs and her work
as a writer, trainer, researcher, policy analyst, advocate, subject
matter expert and expert witness is widely
known
and respected.