Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• At home
• At work
• At school
• At the hospital
• At the doctor
• At the shops
• On the bus
How to become
your own best
advocate?
How to become your own best self-
advocate
• Say what you think and feel,
• speak-up for things you believe in,
• understands and know about your rights
and responsibilities,
• take responsibility for your own life,
• make decisions that affect your life,
• help to improve your life,
• try to change the way things are done.
Remember ...
• The internet is a powerful tool
for self-advocacy and also it is
able to promote self-
advocacy.
Influences
• Society as a whole
Inaccessible environment
Not only physical barriers but
also communicational barriers
Dependent
Attitude towards disabled
people
• Is a mirror of society
• Prejudices – lack of confidence
• Attitude of disabled people
• Educational institutions
Big influence on our personality
and values
Regular school
Faculty – to demanding or to
little
• What can be done?
Website information
Open to suggestions
Informed
Communicate
• Home environment – what can
parents do
Advice and support for parents
Encourage their children to stand up
for themselves
Set of choices
Child speaks to others about matters
regarding him
Where can self-
advocacy lead
Example from
Slovenia
Our organisation, The Slovenian Association of Disabled Student