Including employees with disabilities in emergency evacuation plans: 9/11's Effect on the demand for information

Issue title: Evidence-Based Practice in Workplace Accommodations

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Loy, Beth | Hirsh, Anne | Batiste, Linda Carter

Affiliations: Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

Note: [] Address for correspondence: Beth Loy, Ph.D., Job Accommodation Network, PO Box 6080, Morgantown, WV 26506-6080, USA. Tel.: +1 304 293 7186; Fax: +1 304 293 5407; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Interest in emergency evacuation planning has increased since the September 11 terrorist attacks (9/11). In turn, the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) started receiving more questions about how to include employees with disabilities in such plans. JAN case data on the emergency evacuation of people with disabilities were reviewed. Case data from the four years prior to 9/11 (from September 11, 1997, to September 11, 2001) were compared to case data from the four years after 9/11 (from September 11, 2001, to September 11, 2005).

Keywords: Emergency evacuation, people with disabilities, 9/11, Americans with disabilities act, reasonable accommodation, Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Journal: Work, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 407-411, 2006