Dignify Therapeutics and friends (Team Dignify) joined a worldwide walk on September 22nd to support colleagues who are on a journey from Canada to Key West in support of increasing awareness of the impacts of climate change on people with disabilities.
Canada to Key West, a 2,500-mile journey to raise awareness about the impact of extreme weather events on people with disabilities. Canada to Key West co-founders, Drs. Marcalee and Craig Alexander, will travel the 2,500-mile route making stops at rehabilitation hospitals and other locations along the way. Such as Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Richmond and Charleston. To engage with academic partners about the need for more effective mechanisms and planning. To help people with disabilities during extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods, polar vortices and heat waves. https://www.canadatokeywest.org/ctk2019
Day for Tomorrow Persons with spinal cord disorders cannot control their body temperature and are forced to stay indoors during extreme heat or cold. During disasters, persons with disabilities and the elderly are most vulnerable, being unable to go to shelters with wheelchairs or personal care assistants. As a result of climate change, extreme weather events including hurricanes, severe rainstorms, and heat waves are becoming more frequent and more severe. It is critical that emergency preparedness efforts account for the needs of everyone, including the estimated one billion people around the world who live with self-disclosed disabilities. https://www.canadatokeywest.org/the-day-for-tomorrow
