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Comments on the failure of the U.S. federal government to provide relief to people with disabilities displaced by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. Measures that federal agencies are taking to improve the consideration of disability issues in emergency planning developed by the Homeland Security Department; Challenges in emergency planning for people with disabilities; Criticisms on posters installed in Metrorail cars in Washington that provide detailed evacuation instructions for emergencies to disabled persons.