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Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2012 -- Disability Integration Advisor Mike Houston demonstrates iPad with accessibility features to Long Beach Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) worker Gwendolyn Bird. All DRCs are equipped with iPads that have apps to help survivors who are deaf or hard-of-hearing communicate. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2012 -- Disability Integration Advisor Mike Houston demonstrates iPad with accessibility features to Long Beach Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) Manager Carey Worthen. All FEMA DRCs are equipped with accessible communication equipment including iPads that offer Video Remote Interpreting. Video Remote Interpreting allows survivors who use American Sign Language to have a real-time video conference with a FEMA operator. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2012 -- Disability Integration Advisor Mike Houston demonstrates iPad with accessibility features to Long Beach Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) worker Gwendolyn Bird. All FEMA DRCs are equipped with accessible communication equipment including iPads that offer Video Remote Interpreting. Video Remote Interpreting allows survivors who use American Sign Language to have a real-time video conference with a FEMA operator. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Far Rockaways, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2012 -- Michael Houston, FEMA disability integration advisor, demonstrates the assistive technology use of an iPad at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center. Bill Koplitz/FEMA

Far Rockaways, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2012 -- Vanessa Tesoriero, FEMA disability integration advisor, demonstrates the assistive technology use using an iPad at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center. Bill Koplitz/FEMA

Harvey Cedars, N.J., Nov. 26, 2012 -- Mike Houston, a FEMA Disability Integration Specialist, demonstrates the use of Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) a service that FEMA is offering to applicants at the Disaster Recovery Centers. Steve Zumwalt/FEMA

Mike Houston, FEMA Disability Integration Specialist, sets up the Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) kit at a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in New Jersey. FEMA offers the service to applicants with disabilities at DRC's. Photo by Steve Zumwalt/FEMA

Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2012 -- All FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) are equipped with accessible communication equipment, including magnifiers for people with low vision, information on disaster assistance in braille and audio recordings that offer instructions on how to apply for FEMA assistance. Additional equipment includes amplifiers and assistive listening devices for the hard-of-hearing and CapTel phones that display text. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Bayonne, N.J., Nov. 26, 2012 -- FEMA Community Relations (CR) Outreach Team Lead Mike Dunn confers with FEMA Corps Spruce 4 Team Lead Margarita Andryushchenko at the temporary disaster center at City Hall. FEMA is here to help eligible individuals and the community recover from Hurricane Sandy. George Armstrong/FEMA

Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2012 -- Disability Integration Advisor Mike Houston demonstrates FEMA iPad with accessibility features to Seaford, NY Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) manager Marcia Guzman. All DRCs have iPads with apps to help survivors who are deaf or hard-of-hearing communicate. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

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Date Taken: 2012-12-26 00:00:00 UTC

Photographer Name: Andre R Aragon

City/State: Long Island, NY

Disasters: New York Hurricane Sandy (DR-4085)

Disaster Types: Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm ^ Severe Storm

Categories: Access and Functional Needs

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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Staten Island, N.Y., June 26, 2013 -- FEMA is on hand to provide flood plain management information to Staten Island residents during NYC Rebuild's "Build it Back" Staten Island South Shore Open House Forum. FEMA mitigation teams are collaborating with the NYC Recovery group's efforts to inform and assist homeowners seeking to repair and rebuild their homes in a more resilient way in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Pete Trombetta (and Padrone in the background) is 10 years of age, working his 6th season. He is the carrier for the Trombetta family. The tray of berries weighing between 25 and 30 lbs., and so long as the family is working in the fields, and as fast as they pick a tray, little Pete hurries off to the farmer. While waiting for the tray to be filled, little Pete picks berries. Edward F. Brown, Investigator, Seaford, Del. Location: Seaford, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May 28th, 1910.

Breezy Point, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2013 -- Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Ms. Polly Trottenberg, visits the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at Fort Tilden with FEMA Deputy DRC Coordinators, Eddie Diaz and Free Palmer. Several FEMA partners, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), Housing & Urban Development (HUD), NY State Department of Motor Vehicles and the US Post Office are stationed at Fort Tilden to provide one-stop assistance to residents affected by Hurricane Sandy and the fires at Breezy Point. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Far Rockaway, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2012 -- FEMA visits with Chief Richard Colleran of Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services, who's fire house is providing support and food services to local residents of the Far Rockaways and Breezy Point. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

Accessibility on the Spicebush Trail in Chestnut Picnic Area

Roxbury, N.Y., Jan. 16, 2013 -- FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Fort Tilden Park in Roxbury, NY is still open to assist Hurricane Sandy survivors. Several FEMA partners are stationed here to provide one-stop assistance to residents affected by the storm, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), Housing & Urban Development (HUD), NY State Department of Motor Vehicles and the US Post Office. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

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Photographing Lower Falls from an off-road wheelchair at Artist Point

Breezy Point, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2012 -- FEMA officials tour Breezy Point, NY with Chief Richard Colleran of Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services, who's fire house is providing support and food services to local residents of the Far Rockaways and Breezy Point. Andre R. Aragon/FEMA

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Handicapped Trail Dedication - National Parks Gallery

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