What is Self Determination?
A service for regional center clients.
All individuals, regardless of ability, have the right to access the basic elements that make-up a good life, beginning with: family, independence, personal responsibility, and freedom of choice. View a good description.
Self Advocacy
Self-Advocacy is learning how to speak up for yourself, making your own decisions about your own life, learning how to get information so that you can understand things that are of interest to you, finding out who will support you in your journey, knowing your rights and responsibilities, problem solving, listening and learning, reaching out to others when you need help and friendship, and learning about self-determination. - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/self.advocacy.htm
YO! connects, organizes and educates youth with disabilities! YO! gives youth leadership opportunities, social networks, resources and more. YO! is for youth with disabilities to be PROUD of who we are and what we can achieve! http://yodisabledproud.org/
YO! is a program of CFILC. Disabled youth are able to volunteer with local independent living centers, work on advocacy issues and campaigns that are important to them and find mentors within the disability community. YO! works with teens and young adults with disabilities ages 16 to 28.
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Advocacy
Advocacy is defined as any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of others.
Links to Self-Advocacy Related Articles
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http://thechp.syr.edu/chp-archives-the-self-advocacy-movement/
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http://www.thearc.org/who-we-are/position-statements/rights/self-advocacy