Federal report finds extreme weather substantially and disproportionately impacts people with disabilities
The Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on People with Disabilities examines how extreme weather events and environmental hazards have adversely and disproportionately impacted people with disabilities in the United States and its territories over the past 20 years.
- The Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on People with Disabilities examines how extreme weather events and environmental hazards have adversely and disproportionately impacted people with disabilities in the United States and its territories over the past 20 years.
- "'Weathering the storm' is more than an idiomatic expression given the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events," said NCD Chairman Andrés J. Gallegos.
- "Rights and responsibilities under federal disability laws do not disappear due to extreme weather catastrophe," said Gallegos.
- NCD found that during an emergency or major disaster, people with physical, sensory, mental, or cognitive disabilities are disproportionately affected.