Disasters / Emergencies

• Your Rights in a Disaster - Disability Rights and Immigrant’s Rights 
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• How to File a Civil Rights Complaint
• Redirecting Emergency Registries: Community Driven Solutions
• Transit Evacuation Planning for People with Disabilities
• New Census Data Shows U.S. Fails Disabled People After Disasters
• FEMA Regional Disability Integration Specialists
• Disability Tips for Responders and Emergency Managers
• Accessible Points of Distribution (PODs) Reminders
• Some Considerations for Inclusive Planning
• Making Virtual Meetings and Events Accessible
• Census Data Shows U.S. Fails Disabled People After Disasters
• The Partnership’s 2017-2018 After Action Report: Getting It Wrong: An Indictment with a Blueprint for Getting It Right - Disability Rights, Obligations and Responsibilities Before, During and After Disasters
• National Council on Disability (NCD): Preserving Our Freedom: Ending Institutionalization of People with Disabilities During and After Disasters
• February 2021: Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (DHS CRCL) & Disability Community Stakeholder Listening Session
• August 2021: Stakeholder Meeting with FEMA Administrator Criswell
• Rooted In Rights: The Right to be Rescued Documentary
  
• Georgetown University: Disability and Climate Change: A Public Archive Project
• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR): 2023 Global Survey Report on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters
• Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism & International Disability Alliance: Disability Rights in National Climate Policies: Status Report (June 2022)

COVID-19

• March 3, 2020: National Disability Rights Call To Action
  • March 5, 2021: National Call To Action: A Year Later
• March 9, 2020: Letter to White House COVID-19 Task Force
• March 2020: COVID-19 Recommendations for Personal Assistance Services
• March 2020: Community-Wide Take Action Alert
• March 2020: Legislative Recommendations for Public Health Emergencies and Disasters
  • April 2020: Dear Congress Template Letter Re: REAADI, DRMA & COVID
• June 2020: National Survey on Institutionalization in the Wake of COVID-19
• April 2020: Open Letter to Rachel Maddow
• COVID-19 Disability Community-Wide Resource List
• February 28 – July 31, 2020 Report: Failures in COVID-19 Response Harm People with Disabilities and Older Adults
• Study Shows People with Disability Experience More Severe COVID-19 Cases than People without Disability
• April 2023: Third-Year Commemoration of The Partnership’s Daily COVID-19 Disability Rights & Disasters Call