Category: Emergency Preparedness

GoCC4All Provides Emergency Alerts and TV Captions

The Dicapta Foundation has developed  a free app designed to provide emergency alert information in the users geographic area.

This new app, GoCC4All, delivers emergency alerts for the user’s geographic location in an accessible format for braille displays and screens. Information includes weather alerts and warnings for the general population. The app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and the Apple Apps store.

GoCC4All also has location capabilities. Location information will be shared only with the person authorized by the user.  Location information will be sent when a severe alert occurs in the user’s area. Users can also send location information anytime when they feel at risk. This feature is available only for users that are 18 years of age or older.

The emergency alerts are provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). On May 15, 2019, Dicapta Foundation was authorized by FEMA to use GoCC4All to retrieve and disseminate emergency alerts information from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).

For more information please access the GoCC4All brochure.

The contents of this program are developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90IFDV0004-01-00).

 

Resources from the National Center for College Students with Disabilities

As part of its mission, the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) is to provide assistance to colleges and universities, including faculty and disability ​services providers. NCCSD is the only federally-funded national center in the U.S.for college and graduate students with any type of disability, chronic health condition, or mental or emotional illness.

At the NCCSD site you can:
– Find free information for students, parents, families, high school and college faculty and staff in our  NCCSD Clearinghouse.**  Though not exhaustive, the NCCSD has collected their favorite resources about disability and higher education in one place. https://www.nccsdclearinghouse.org/
The Center’s Coronavirus – Covid-19 and College Students with Disabilities, page is updated frequently and has general information about Covid-19 and information on different topics ranging from mental health, housing, food insecurity, online classes/online learning and much more.
**(Higher education faculty and staff with disabilities can use the NCCSD, too.)

“We Prepare Every Day” Public Service Announcement Launched

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) collaborated with the Ad Council to launch its first fully accessible public service announcement (PSA) entitled “We Prepare Every Day.” Some accessibility features in this video are open captions, audio descriptions, and a sign language interpreter.

“We Prepare Every Day” is the first in a line of emergency preparedness videos to feature people with disabilities preparing for disasters. It is FEMA’s hope that people with disabilities will become leaders and role models to demonstrate the importance of the need for individuals to prepare for emergency situations. The video includes FEMA’s four keystones:

  • Be Informed
  • Make a Plan
  • Build a Kit
  • Get Involved