4/13/2005 9:44:00 AM
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Mark S. Quigley of the National Council on Disability, 202-272-2004 or 202-272-2074 (TTY)
News Advisory:
The National Council on Disability (NCD) will release its report, "Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning" at a news conference at 10 a.m. on April 15, at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
The report provides an overview for the Federal Government to build a solid and resilient infrastructure that should enable the government to include the diverse populations of people with disabilities in emergency preparedness, disaster relief, and homeland security programs. This infrastructure would incorporate technology, physical, program, and communication access. It would also include procurement and emergency programs and services.
Speakers include:
-- Young Woo Kang, Ph.D., member, NCD
-- Martin Gould, Ed.D., senior research specialist, NCD
-- Olegario D. Cantos VII, special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
-- Cheryl Heppner, executive director, Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
-- Robert D. Hynes, chair, Arlington Virginia Disability Advisory Commission
-- Cheryl J. King, Esq., deputy chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
-- Katie Savage, winning plaintiff in the precedent setting emergency evacuation case Katie Savage v. City Place Mall (Decision, Dec. 28, 2004, Civil Action No. 240306, Circuit Court, Montgomery County, Md.)
-- Hilary Styron, Emergency Preparedness Initiative program officer, National Organization on Disability
-- Daniel W. Sutherland, officer for civil rights and civil liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
For more information, contact Mark Quigley or Martin Gould at 202-272-2004 or 202-272-2074 TTY.
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