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How do climate change and disability intersect?

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Well, when your air conditioner goes out 
because it's tried to cool too many 90° days

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and it's going to cost at least 
$4,000 to replace the coil or $10,000  

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for the whole unit 

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and who's got that kind of money? 

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So then they say,  

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"Well, just, you shouldn't use it anyway. You 
should just accustom yourself to the heat."

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Well I'm old, chronically ill, and I 
can't take the heat.

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So what am I to do?

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As I move around the patio...

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You worry about if 
you need to get to the doctor  

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or the emergency room in one of those 
situations, how are you going to do it?

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Little bit of a blustery morning.

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Yeah , you, just, you don't know 
what to do. When it's upon you,  

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it's too late. 

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So you hope that 
you're part of the planning 

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for hurricanes and whatnot, but frequently 
they forget about us disabled people.

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[heavy rain and wind]

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I'm encouraged by something called 
the Disabled... Disability Disaster Hotline.

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It's national. It's for the US, but 
what it does is it takes the call and  

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filters down to the local agencies that 
that person's living at to help them. Cause

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that's the problem is, Who do I call? Who 
can help me in this situation? And that  

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disaster hotline for disabled people is 
a real step in the right direction