Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be displaced by natural disasters, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. As Reda Rountree and her family packed their bags and prepared to flee ...

Jake Cornett, Executive Director and CEO of the advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon, says he will forever be haunted by Ashlyn Maddox’s death during the 2021 Oregon heat wave. The Portland woman, ...

June Isaacson Kailes lives 8 or 9 miles away from the evacuation zone for the Los Angeles wildfires. But even before the fires started, she had plans for how she’d escape in the event of a disaster.

Lafayette, LA (KLFY) – Community members are invited to attend a Disability Disaster Preparedness Workshop to help individuals with disabilities and their caregivers prepare for emergencies by ...

NEW YORK, Aug 14 (IPS) - Like many people living in the path of Hurricane Sandy last fall, Lauren Scrivo needed more battery power. Despite a call offering help from the mayor of Fairfield, New Jersey ...

In the wake of January's deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring ...

As Reda Rountree and her family packed their bags and prepared to flee their Highland Park home on Jan. 7 amid Eaton Fire evacuations, she realized in horror that her wheelchair would not fit in their ...