Emergency Response for People Who Have Access and Functional Needs: Resources and Training Tools for First Responders and Volunteers

Emergency responders and volunteers have varying levels of familiarity with people with disabilities and those who have access and functional needs. The purpose of this information is to provide emergency personnel and volunteers with reference tools  and education that will provide guidance for assisting people with disabilities and those who have access and functional needs during the response and recovery phases of an emergency situation.

Watch the video: A Closer Look: The Community Café http://terrorism.spcollege.edu/SPAWARAFN/Videos/CafeScene.html Please switch to the DVS/SAP – Descriptive Video Service with DVS/SAP. When you do, you’ll see captioning (icon on far right of screen that looks like a word bubble with two lines) and Audio Description.

What is Audio Description? Audio Description is the narrator who voices out visual elements of the film so that people who are blind cannot see so they can have a context for the film.

Videos Demonstrating Various Personal Assistive Devices

• Personal Assistive Devices (Full Video) (Audio Description and Captioning Capability)
  • Other Videos:
    • Introduction to Personal Assistive Devices
    • Caption Phones
    • Flashing Fire Alarms
    • Video Phones
    • Voice to Text
    • Blind and Low Vision
    • Magnifiers
    • Tablets
    • Laptops
    • Wheelchairs
    • Power Wheelchairs
    • Crutches
    • Transportation
    • Medical Devices
    • Summary/Conclusion of Personal Assistive Devices

Flip Book Guide This is an electronic version of the Emergency Response for People Who Have Access and Functional Needs: A Guide for First Responders. http://terrorism.spcollege.edu/SPAWARAFN/guide.html ( May be printed in paper version)

Additional Video Resources

Select the links below to link to additional videos:

• Video Relay Service on an iPad
• Video Relay Service on Android
• The UbiDuo in Action in a Medical Setting
• CAP Video Phones
• CAP Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)
• Assistive Listening Devices at Adobe Hearing Center
• PODD Communication Book
• Computer-Based Communication Device
• JAWS Screen Reader Demonstration
• Demonstrations of What It Might Be Like to Have Visual and/or Hearing Disabilities
• Answers, in American Sign Language, to Questions Survivors Ask About Federal Disaster Aid

To Learn More about Audio Description: http://www.acb.org/adp/ad.html#what

Note: This content can also be accessed by mobile devices through the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute website located at http://terrorism.spcollege.edu/ .