[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Announcing upcoming Emergency Preparedness Webinar Series Session : Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters

[joe harcz Comcast]

Guess pwd here especially the blind will just be road kill as we are supposed to pay for basic minutes and basic staff directories? When will mpas sue to garner my and others long standing civil rights in these affairs?
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From: Jones, Robin 
To: GREATLAKES at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU 
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 8:49 PM
Subject: Announcing upcoming Emergency Preparedness Webinar Series Session : Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters


Announcing "Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters" - the next session in the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series" to be held on November 12, 2013.
 

Produced by the Pacific ADA Center and supported by the Great Lakes ADA Center.
 
When disasters strike, accurate and timely information is one of the most important elements for individuals with disabilities to receive. This webinar will focus on communicating with people with disabilities during and after an emergency or disaster including warnings, emergency public information, and disaster recovery information using experiences and observations from the May 2013 Severe Weather, Tornadoes, and Flooding in Oklahoma. Best practices, successful approaches, and new technology for communicating with people who are blind or have visual impairments, are deaf or have hearing limitations, or have a cognitive disability will be shared by presenters.   We encourage you to join us on November 12th.
Title:               Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters

Time:              2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT/

Presenters:    Franklin Barnes - Emergency Manager-Oklahoma City

Vicky Golightly - Public Information Officer, Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

Stephanie Green Nichols, CI & CT - Executive Director of Sign Language Resource Services

Jason Price - Program Manager - Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services

 

Registration:  Free on-line at www.adaconferences.org/Emergency

These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform and all sessions will be closed captioned.

The previous sessions in this free series addressed the Federal Response to Emergencies and the State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies. These sessions were recorded and can be reviewed at www.adaconferences.org/Emergency/Archives

The Pacific and Great Lakes ADA Centers are both members of the ADA National Network

Questions regarding the content of this webinar should be directed to Lewis Kraus at deputy at adapacific.org

Questions regarding registration and/or technical aspects of this program should be directed to webinars at adaconferences.org or by calling 877-232-1990 V/TTY