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: loy@jan.wvu.edu
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)
