The COVID-19 outbreak presents an opportunity to talk to people with disability about emergency planning and preparedness. You can help encourage your clients to be prepared for emergencies well before they happen.

The COVID-19 outbreak presents an opportunity to talk to people with disability about emergency planning and preparedness.

You can help encourage your clients to be prepared for emergencies well before they happen.

Collaborating 4 Inclusion has valuable emergency planning resources created by people with disability, for people with disability.

Individuals can complete a five-page COVID-19 Plan.

A “Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness Planning for COVID-19” guide also provides links to trusted sources of information about COVID-19 in different formats to help people with disability get the information they need. It includes information about:

• understanding COVID-19
• making a plan during this public health emergency
• knowing what to do if they or someone who supports them experiences symptoms of COVID-19

The resources have been created by Queenslanders with Disability Network, working with a team at The University of Sydney that leads research on disability inclusive disaster risk reduction.