| News Advisory NCD
#05-482
April 4, 2005
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov
National Council on Disability Announces Speakers
for Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD)
will release its report Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities
in Emergency Planning at a news conference at 10:00 a.m. on April
15, 2005, at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington,
DC.
The report provides an overview for the Federal Government
to build a solid and resilient infrastructure that should enable
the government to include the diverse populations of people with
disabilities in emergency preparedness, disaster relief, and homeland
security programs. This infrastructure would incorporate technology,
physical, program, and communication access. It would also include
procurement and emergency programs and services.
Speakers include:
Young Woo Kang, Ph.D., Member, NCD
Martin Gould, Ed.D., Senior Research Specialist, NCD
Cheryl Heppner, Executive Director, Northern Virginia Resource
Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
Robert D. Hynes, Chair, Arlington Virginia Disability Advisory
Commission
Katie Savage, Winning plaintiff in the precedent setting emergency
evacuation case Katie Savage v. City Place Mall (Decision, December
28, 2004, Civil Action No. 240306, Circuit Court, Montgomery County,
Maryland)
Hilary Styron, Emergency Preparedness Initiative Program Officer,
National Organization on Disability
Daniel W. Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
For more information, contact Mark Quigley or Martin Gould at
202-272-2004 or 202-272-2074 TTY.
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