People with Disabilities are Not Innately Vulnerable (Part 16)

But when they are left out of the adaptation planning process — the consequences can be disastrous

All Miami-Dade County hurricane evacuation shelters exceed ADA standards for emergency shelters, and include accessible entryways, service and activity areas and

bathrooms. Service animals are permitted in all county hurricane evacuation shelters.

Todd Holloway is the Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee chair of the National Council on Independent Living, and Disability Integration Advisor at the Center

for Independence in the Seattle-Tacoma Washington area. 

He has Meniere’s Syndrome, which causes hearing loss and episodes of extreme vertigo — one of the “invisible disabilities” that impacts daily lives but is not readily

apparent to others.