People with Disabilities are Not Innately Vulnerable (Part 25)

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

Deborah Dietz is executive director of Disability Independence Group, Inc. (DIG), a nonprofit disability rights legal advocacy center that provides litigation services,

education, outreach and training in the community.

“With storms last year in Florida’s Panhandle, there were a lot of disaster issues with housing.

The old HUD housing was inhabitable for people with disabilities. 

My husband, Matthew Dietz, who is the litigation director of DIG, was calling HUD and saying `you have rules and procedures that all people have a right to have a place to live. 

You can’t abandon people with disabilities," she said.

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