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Practicing Self-Advocacy

Self-advocacy gives youth and young adults with disabilities the confidence to ask for the tools they need to be successful in the real world. The strategy not only benefits youth at home and school, but helps to explain their learning disability to friends and family members. Let's explore some resources that focus on self-advocacy. 

A great self-advocacy resource comes to us from the Churchill Center & School website.  While there's an entire page of resources available, we're going to focus on the 4 Steps To Self-Advocacy found at the beginning of the page.

  1. Know your strengths.
  2. Be aware of your weaknesses.
  3. Identify strategies to overcome those weaknesses.
  4. Effectively communicate those needs to others.

 These simple to follow steps can serve as a good inspiration for anyone learning to advocate for themselves. 

Adulting Shorts: The Tea On IEPS



Like the one discussed before, most of our resources are usually blog posts and webpages. This resource, however, is presented in an interesting way: through a comic strip. The well-drawn comic tells the story of Matteo, a teen preparing for his next IEP meeting with his teacher. This resource tells a relatable story, through a unique art format, and we hope to see more like it in the future.   

What do you think of the Adulting Shorts comic? Do you have any thoughts on self-advocacy? Let us know in the comments below! For youth and young adults, ages 13-26, join us on the SPAN Youth Chat on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:00 PM.


Resources...

Link to SPAN's website: www.spanadvocacy.org
Link to SPAN's Youth in the Know Resource Page: Youth in the Know
We're here for you! Call SPAN if you need assistance: 1-800-654-7726

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