People with Disabilities are Not Innately Vulnerable (Part 5)

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

“Very strongly, the slogan in the disability community is ‘nothing about us without us,’” Saxton said of the need to include people with disabilities, during a live interview

when Hurricane Dorian threatened Florida’s entire east coast and 48 hours before it brought destruction to the Bahamas. 

“Well-intentioned policymakers think they know what’s best for the disability community, but they make strident mistakes. All the planning and policy must use

leaders and stakeholders from the disability community.”

Saxton, who has congenital leg weakness and walks with leg braces and trekking poles, said sea-level rise is going to require mass migration in the not-too-distant future.