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SELF ADVOCACY STARTUP TOOLKITMORE POWER, MORE CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES!
January 2019
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WHAT IS SARTAC?• Self Advocacy Resource
and Technical Assistance Center
• Online clearinghouse for information
• A partnership between regional technical assistance centers
• Funded by Administration for Community Living
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SARTAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
• 12 person advisory committee
• Help create best practice tools
• Provide ideas and advice about issues
• Help write papers about issues
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SELF ADVOCACY STARTUP TOOLKIT
• What is self advocacy?
• The history of the self advocacy movement
• Materials for starting your own group
• Working on issues
• Self advocates and self-determination
• Advisor issues
• Resources
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WHAT IS SELF ADVOCACY?
• What is self advocacy?
• Who is considered a self advocate?
• Beliefs, values, and principles
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HISTORY OF SELF ADVOCACY• A brief history of the self advocacy movement
• History of Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
• Partners in the DD network
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STARTING YOUR OWN GROUP
• Reason for starting your own self advocacy group
• What makes a good leader
• Picking leaders for your group
• How to support your group
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WORKING ON ISSUES
• What are issues?
• Working together to solve problems
• Picking issues to work on
• Strategies for working on an issue
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SELF-DETERMINATION
• What is self-determination?
• The four principles of self-determination
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WORKING WITH ADVISORS
• What makes a good advisor?
• Picking an advisor for your group
• Choosing a new advisor
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RESOURCESResources for self advocacy groups can be found at www.selfadvocoacyinfo.org
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WHAT PART OF THE TOOLKIT DO YOU FIND MOST
HELPFUL OR INTERESTING?
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Find out more about the Self Advocacy Resources and Technical Assistance Center
by visiting
www.selfadvocacyinfo.org