People with disabilities are invisible and often excluded in emergency responses

Most at risk in emergency situations People with disabilities are highly vulnerable in disaster, emergency or conflict situations (The Red Cross and Red Crescent’s World Disaster Report 2007). They may be left behind if they aren’t physically able to evacuate, they may not be properly informed of what is going on, they may lose their assistive devices and means of independence, or they may struggle to access shelters, camps, and food distribution sites. More than half a billion people with disabilities live in countries often a affected by conflicts and natural disasters. Following a disaster, the World Health

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