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 to focus time on
disability and
aging related emergency issues. She works on emergency issues
internationally, with state, local, and federal agencies, with
community-based organizations and an array of other emergency managers,
planners amd contractors. Her breadth and depth of experience in cross
disability
and her work
as a writer, trainer, researcher, policy analyst and advocate 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 adopting
the use of Functional Assessment Service Teams (FAST).
These teams work with “at risk individuals” through
screening, and supporting independence needs which prevents
deterioration. It enables people to
maintain mobility, health,
safety, and successfully manage in general population shelters
and other
temporary housing options. This model is now being put into practice in
California and several 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 the Federal level
with 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 (FMSS) Target
Capabilities List.
June publishes extensively on emergency
issues related to people with
disabilities and activity limitations. Some of her frequently used and
cited publications include:
- Southern
California Wildfires After Action Report, prepared
in partnership
with the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers and
Center
Disability Issues and the Health Professions at Western University of
Health
Sciences, Pomona. PDF, Text
- 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, Crreating
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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