Sunday, August 28, 2011

In NY City, most hurricane evacuation shelters for Hurricane Irene inaccessible

From Susan Dooha, Executive Director of Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York, (CIDNY). Pictured is a wheelchair ramp to a locked door at a hurricane evacuation shelter. Photo by Susan Dooha.From her visit to NYC hurricane evacuation shelters morning of August 27: "not one is accessible for wheelchairs or scooters--no ramps, locked doors at top of ramps, no signage, volunteers not