Climate Health and People with Disabilities (PWD)

Climate Health and People with Disabilities (PWD)

Published: 2022-10-14
Author: Frank Samonte, MD., PhD. | Contact: Disabled World (Disabled-World.com)
Peer-Reviewed Publication: N/A
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Synopsis: Op-ed article in relation to climate health and people with disabilities reflecting concurrent presentation for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) 2022 conference in Washington DC. Current health promotion strategies to address climate health in people with disabilities requires urgent attention to mitigate poor health outcomes in our communities. The risk of further harm from environmental exposures and extreme weather events to individuals with disability is at the highest levels historically this year.

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People with disabilities (PWD) ranging from physical to mental health issues are vulnerable to environmental perturbations. The emergence of climate change as an important environmental factor in health outcome- particularly in low-income communities where health care delivery system is often inadequate- has profound effect in these individuals. Recent events in 2022 (Hurricane Ian & Fiona, western & southern plains drought, extreme heat, etc..) revealed profound effects from climate change. Increase in air pollution and heat effect are some of the environmental stressors that will exacerbate the already inadequate health care infrastructure for this vulnerable population.

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