Article Out Loud - Same Event, Different Realities: Building Accessibility Into Special Events

This is an article by Dawn Brantley and Vance Taylor, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, January 14, 2026.For decades, emergency planning for large events has centered on a presumed “average” participant, addressing people’s access and functional needs late, treating those people as exceptions, or overlooking them entirely. Learn how to advance whole community planning at large-scale events in ways that are both visible and measurable.Now to the featured article.