Overview
The resources below are provided to support Colorado communities as they work to support the whole community. Click each folder below to open for additional information.
- Emergency Communication Resources
- General Resources
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- Language Guidelines for Inclusive Emergency Management
- Resources for Communication with People who are Deaf
- Google Suites Accessibility Settings Editor
- Communications Template
- Capacity-Building Toolkit for Including Aging & Disability Networks in Emergency Planning
- Public Alerts and Warning Systems Executive Order 13407
- Preserving Our Freedom: Ending Institutionalization of People with Disabilities During and After Disasters
- Defining Functional Needs - Updating CMIST By June Isaacson, Kailes Disability Policy Consultant
- Guidelines for Creating Accessible Meetings and Events
- Create Accessible Digital Products
- DHS Component Self-Evaluation and Planning Reference Guide
- Effective Preparedness is Inclusive Preparedness: Accessibility in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
- Media Article:3 Ways to Encourage People with Disabilities to be Involved in Leading Disaster Responses
- ADA: Digital Access and Title III of the ADA: An ADA Knowledge Translation Center Research Brief
- Rocky Mountain ADA Center: Accessible Document Reference Guide
- The Little Book of Accessibility
- Universal design of technology - a list of, again, tons of resources
- 20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course (article)
- 20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course (video)
- A Tutorial for Making Online Learning Accessible to Students with Disabilities
- Universal Design in Education: An Online Tutorial
- Assistive Technology: info about technologies that help individuals with disabilities use mainstream technologies and enhance their skills
- Resources for Making Distance Learning Accessible
- Sect 508 Training webpage from the GSA
- Microsoft Accessibility Training Essentials
- ADA Compliance for Online Course Design
- DOJ Office of Civil Rights Short Webinar on Online Education and Website Accessibility
- American Sign Language (ASL) Resources from Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deafblind
- Certified Interpreter Information
- Access and Functional Needs Presentations and Videos
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- Presentation: The Storm After the Storm: NCEM C-MIST Advisory Committee
- FEMA PrepTalk: We Succeed or Fail Together
- ADA National Network Learning Session: The Recommendations from the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) after the Disasters of 2017
- Prep Talks: The Unthinkable - Lessons Learned from Survivors
- Integrating Local Cultural Knowledge in all Phases and Sectors to Ensure More Robust, Just, Sustainable Outcomes
- Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, or Nobody? Colorado's Development of a Statewide Access & Functional Needs Program
- Colorado Access and Functional Needs CMIST Resources
- Bi-Weekly Newsletter
- COEmergency Mobile App
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- Links to download the mobile app to your device
- COEmergency Mobile App flyer
- COEmergency Mobile App Spanish flyer