The World Institute on Disability (WID) advances the inclusion, rights and justice of people with disabilities with the design and delivery of whole community solutions.
Our Mission
On a global scale, to continuously advance the rights and opportunities of more than one billion people with disabilities.
Disability-Led
We believe in the power of people with disabilities to lead, and that lived experience is critical in creating effective policies, systems, tools, products, and services.
The World Institute on Disability (WID) and The Center for Independent Living (CIL) are thrilled to announce the launch of our report, “Disability Inclusive Emergency Preparedness Report for Alameda County”.
This report is the outcome of a year-long, community-driven, disability-led process aimed at better understanding the current state of emergency preparedness and disaster resilience across Alameda County’s diverse disability population. Our process began with a series of community listening sessions, followed by a comprehensive county-wide survey, and culminated with in-depth focus groups. The goal was to identify the needs, challenges, gaps, and opportunities for our communities, emergency management, first responders, and local and state governments.
The report includes:
- An introduction and background to disability and disaster response
- An initial analysis of survey results
- Summaries of four key findings related to people with disabilities and disasters
- Recommendations for community-based organizations, local emergency managers and planners, and local governments.
Although the focus is on Alameda County, many of the findings and recommended strategic actions can be applied to jurisdictions across the nation. Thanks to The Center on Independent Living for their collaboration on this project.
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Current GADRA Activations
WID, through our role in the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) has launched a full scale response in support of people with disabilities in several locations.
Visit the pages below for the latest updates!
Resources for our community
Need to know quick tips on building accessible websites, events, or documents? How to prepare your community for emergencies and disasters? Wondering how your disability benefits would be impacted if you started working?
We know how important it is to have answers you can trust - check out our resources for tips & tools to help, from our experts!
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