Support desired
by all people with disabilities
Make facilities as barrier-free as possible and
display signs that are easy to see and read
1. Adjustments are needed to make facilities easy
to move around (e.g. remove steps, secure wide
hallways, and remove obstructions).
2. Hallways must be over 90-cm wide to allow
wheelchairs to pass (in a straight line).
3. Make signs for information desks, places where
supplies are distributed and toilets easy to see by
using big signboards, colored tape, etc.
4. Establish a secondary evacuation center to
accommodate people who find communal living
difficult.
5. As much as possible, see to it that someone
who understands the disabled person’s situation is
with him/her.
6. Seeing-eye dogs, hearing-ear dogs and service
dogs are essential for the movement and lives of
their masters, and must thus be evacuated with
their masters and live with them in evacuation
centers, being provided with food and water as
needed.
7. Use nametags to distinguish/identify people
with disabilities and the people helping them (e.g.
caregivers) to allow for effective assistance amidst
the chaos. Do not, however, make it compulsory in
the case of people who do not want to be
identifiable.
8. Among the facility’s communication devices,
provide televisions with closed captioning and
telephones with a facsimile function.
9. Provide handrails in the toilets.
10. Stock up on adult paper diapers and
incontinence pads in different sizes.
11. Prepare packaged rice porridge as emergency
food, as well as thickeners and straws.
12. Provide simple medical equipment (including
ventilators and cylinders).
13. Ensure privacy for women in the evacuation
center, particularly the toilet and changing areas.
Measures are needed to ensure their safety.
14. Sexual violence may take place in evacuation
centers, and women with disabilities in particular
find escaping from such violence difficult. Take
measures to prevent sexual violence, and in the
case of such incidents occurring, provide a
consultation/support system for victims.