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Increasing Engagement with Self Advocates in P&A Work Teresa Moore Ian Watlington Polls Question 1 Who is in the session? Are you a P&A staff? Are you a person with a disability? Are you a family member? Are you a personal

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Increasing Engagement with Self Advocates in P&A Work

Teresa Moore Ian Watlington

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Polls Question 1 Who is in the session?

Are you a P&A staff? Are you a person with a disability? Are you a family member? Are you a personal assistant?

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Roots of the self advocacy movement

  • Doctors supported institution option
  • System supported guardianship
  • History of being used or abused
  • History of being picked on

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Self Advocacy Then to Now

  • Desire for their voice to be heard
  • Desire for more control of their life
  • Desire for real work and real pay
  • Desire to be seen as equal and to be respected

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Self advocacy as community building

  • Groups started to form
  • Gave each other support to tell their story
  • People wanted to support the members of the group
  • Ask how we can make it better for each other?
  • Supporters needed to teach each other how to be an ally

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Poll Question # 2 Are you working together?

P&As are you currently working with self advocates or a self advocacy organization? Self advocates are you currently working with a P&A? Yes, we have in the past. Our project was __________ Yes, Our project is __________ No

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Self advocacy and the P&As

  • Self advocates want everyone to be able to people up for

their rights.

  • We have many talents the P&A can use
  • We help each other be better teachers

Time and energy leads to a relationship with a bigger pay off

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Hire Us

  • Our stories have power
  • New P&A Clients may be afraid
  • Staff with disabilities can help clients build trust with the

P&A

  • We often are well connected to other organizations and

people

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More Self Advocacy Information

  • Self Advocates Becoming

Empowered (SABE) https://sabeusa.org

  • SABE GoVoter Project

https://sabeusa.org/govote

  • SARTAC (Self Advocacy

Resource Technical Assistance Center) https://selfadvocacyinfo.org/

  • Teresa Moore

mooreadvocacy@hotmail.com

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More P&A Information

  • Ian Watlington

Ian.Watlington@ndrn.org

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Final thoughts… Thank you!

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