; and (B) more than 12,000,000, or one-quarter, of those peoples were adults who were individuals with disabilities. (6) An estimated 70 percent of the deaths attributed to Hurricane Maria in 2017 were to people age 70 or older. (7) Failure to provide accessibility for, or plan for accommodating, individuals with physical or sensory disabilities, chronic illness, or mental disabilities decreases the ability of those individuals to evacuate prior to or during a disaster. (8) Households of individuals with disabilities are more likely to need assistance and are less likely to be able to evacuate in advance of disasters. (9) Less than a third of individuals with intellectual disabilities and individuals needing personal care attendants have planned with their personal care providers what to do in a disaster. (10) Evacuation information, including orders, is not uniformly communicated in ways and via media that are accessible to individuals with disabilities, including being communicated in ways that lack use of American Sign Language, captions, and plain language on websites, instructional materials, and television and radio announcements. (11) Displaced individuals with disabilities served in general population shelters have better access to information and material resources than individuals with disabilities in specially designed shelters. (12) Despite better access to information and resources, personnel in general population shelters often do not have the resources or training to address the needs of individuals with disabilities and older adults. (13) Public shelters often do not have disability related accommodations, often forcing individuals with disabilities and older adults to be segregated, sometimes apart from their families and natural supports during disasters. (14) Households with individuals with disabilities sustain more costly property damage from disasters than households without individuals with disabilities. (15) Historically, disaster-related recommendations for individuals with disabilities