Legal Issues and Disability Rights

ADA Applies to Restoration of Damaged Facilities, 10/07, FEMA. last accessed 01/24/08

From US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section:

ADA Guidelines on Sheltering for Mass Care, Remarks by Olegario Cantos VII, Esq. 01/08, Format Microsoft Word

ADA Guide for Local Governments - Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities, Last updates 8/06, last accessed 09/12/07

ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments (Chapter 7) last accessed 08/5/07, U.S. July 26, 2007, includes:

• Emergency Management under Title II of the ADA
• Introduction to Appendices 1-2
• ADA and Emergency Shelters: Access for All in Emergencies and Disasters
• ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters

Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities in the Provision of Disaster Mass Care, Housing, nnd Human Services, FEMA. last accessed 01/24/08

California Developmental Centers Regulations have three levels of care and are governed by three different sets of federal and state regulations  (format: Word) for each level of care related to emergency preparedness and disaster planning (California’s Title 22 regulations and federal 42 Code of Regulations). Local requirements differ significantly depending on which city and county each DC resides. Format Microsoft Word, Posted 12.26.09

Emergency Planning - Legal Issues and Disability Rights Workshop National Organization on Disability - watch and listen!  last accessed 01/17/08

Federal Communications Commission Reminds Video Programming Distributors They Must Make Emergency Information Accessible To Persons with Hearing or Vision Disabilities, 5/05, last accessed 01/17/08

Project Civic Access, U.S. Department of Justice (2004), & Settlement Agreement Between The United States of America and City of Detroit, Michigan, Department of Justice Number 204-37-284. last accessed 01/17/08

Public Assistance: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Access Requirements, FEMA. last accessed 01/17/08

Your Civil Rights and Disaster Assistance,10/04, FEMA. last accessed 01/17/08

Web Site Accessibility Help, FEMA. last accessed 01/24/08