I’m trying very carefully to think how I’m going to word it when I bring up our emergency evacuation procedures at work following an incident with an armed individual on our street.
Because what I’m wanting to get at is “if the only available exit is inaccessible to me, I want you all to calmly evacuate without hesitation and convince all the young people to do the same even if I’m unable to follow you. Staying behind or trying to evacuate me by carrying me out is unlikely to work and is just going to put everyone at risk. Even if you think my life is at risk, I specifically want you to evacuate without me then alert the relevant emergency services and follow their instructions”
… but obviously that’s not a fun conversation to have with people who care about me and haven’t had time to come to terms with the realities of me being unable to evacuate the same as everyone else.















