Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide For People with Disabilities

Who Will Provide the Assistance?

Generally, only one person is necessary to assist a person with a cognitive disability. A practical plan should identify at least two, ideally more, people who are willing and able to provide assistance. Common sense tells us that a specific person may not be available at any given time due to illness, vacation, off-site meetings, and so on. The identification of multiple people who are likely to have different working and traveling schedules provides a much more reliable plan.

Specific Person(s) in the Office or the Building Who:

• Has special training or skills

• Is known to the person with the cognitive disability

• Anyone in the Office or the Building