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Self Advocacy Resources are things like videos, posters or books.

  • About Self Advocacy
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  • Made by Self Advocates (for the community or other Self Advocates)
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General Self Advocacy
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Self Advocacy Tips
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Self Advocates Stories
Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy
Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy
Acquired Brain Injury Self Advocacy
Acquired Brain Injury Self Advocacy
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Multicultural Self Advocacy
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Rainbow Self Advocacy
Parents with Disability Self Advocacy
Parents with Disability Self Advocacy
Self Advocacy Activities
Self Advocacy Activities
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Meetings with Self Advocates
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Topic: Self Advocacy Tips

Meetings with Self Advocates
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The Voice At The Table Project’s aim is for people with an intellectual disability and acquired brain injury to be included in leadership roles like in: boards, committees, advisory groups and meetings.

Voice At The Table does training for both organisations and people with an intellectual disability and acquired injury.

Click below to go to Voice At The Table’s Website.

Voice At The Table’s Website

The Voice At The Table Project’s aim is for people with an intellectual disability and acquired brain injury to be included in leadership roles like in: boards, committees, advisory groups and meetings.

Voice At The Table does training for both organisations and people with an intellectual disability and acquired injury.

Click below to go to Voice At The Table’s Website.

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For Supporters of Self Advocacy
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Read this to see 5 key issues that Self Advocacy Support Workers can face.

Key Issues for Self Advocacy Support Workers

Read this to see 5 key issues that Self Advocacy Support Workers can face.

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For Supporters of Self Advocacy
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Read this to see 8 Questions Self Advocacy Support Workers should regularly ask themselves.

8 Questions for Self Advocacy Support Workers

Read this to see 8 Questions Self Advocacy Support Workers should regularly ask themselves.

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Self Advocacy Tips
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This Lobbying Toolkit will help you to learn how to speak up, and how to tell people who make decisions about issues that are important to people with disability. 

The Lobbying Toolkit

This Lobbying Toolkit will help you to learn how to speak up, and how to tell people who make decisions about issues that are important to people with disability. 

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Sister Rocks is a Self Advocacy Group run by people with disability in the Grampians, Victoria.

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About Sister Rocks

Sister Rocks is a Self Advocacy Group run by people with disability in the Grampians, Victoria.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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VALID has 3 Self Advocacy Networks for people with intellectual disability in the North, East and West suburbs of Melbourne.

VALID stands for the Victorian Advocacy League for Intellectual Disability.

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About VALID’s Self Advocacy Networks

VALID has 3 Self Advocacy Networks for people with intellectual disability in the North, East and West suburbs of Melbourne.

VALID stands for the Victorian Advocacy League for Intellectual Disability.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Speak Up Alexandra is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Alexandra, Victoria.

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About Speak Up Alexandra

Speak Up Alexandra is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Alexandra, Victoria.

Click below to learn more.

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Self Advocacy Tips
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Read this toolkit to learn things your Self Advocacy Group can do to make your group run well, or do good ‘Governance’.

Governance is how a group make or follow rules to work together fairly and get things done.

The Good Groups Toolkit

Read this toolkit to learn things your Self Advocacy Group can do to make your group run well, or do good ‘Governance’.

Governance is how a group make or follow rules to work together fairly and get things done.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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People Power Seymour is a Self Advocacy Group for people with disability in Mitchel Shire, Victoria.

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About People Power Seymour

People Power Seymour is a Self Advocacy Group for people with disability in Mitchel Shire, Victoria.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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All Abilities Advocacy is a Self Advocacy Group in South West Victoria.

This Self Advocacy Group is run by and for people with intellectual disability, physical disability, acquired brain injury and complex communication needs.

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About All Abilities Advocacy

All Abilities Advocacy is a Self Advocacy Group in South West Victoria.

This Self Advocacy Group is run by and for people with intellectual disability, physical disability, acquired brain injury and complex communication needs.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Have a Say Bendigo is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Bendigo, Victoria.

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About Have a Say Bendigo

Have a Say Bendigo is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Bendigo, Victoria.

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Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy
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Self Advocacy Sydney is an organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.

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About Self Advocacy Sydney

Self Advocacy Sydney is an organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Self Advocacy WA (SAWA) is a self advocacy peer support group run by and for people with disabilities in Western Australia.

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About Self Advocacy Western Australia (SAWA)

Self Advocacy WA (SAWA) is a self advocacy peer support group run by and for people with disabilities in Western Australia.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Speak Out Self Advocacy is run by and for people with learning or communication disabilities in Tasmania.

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About Speak Out Self Advocacy Tasmania

Speak Out Self Advocacy is run by and for people with learning or communication disabilities in Tasmania.

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Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy
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Our Voice South Australia is a self advocacy and peer support group run by adults with intellectual disability.

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About Our Voice South Australia

Our Voice South Australia is a self advocacy and peer support group run by adults with intellectual disability.

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Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy
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Loud and Clear Queensland is a Self Advocacy and friendship for people with intellectual disability supported by Parent 2 Parent QLD.

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About Loud and Clear Queensland

Loud and Clear Queensland is a Self Advocacy and friendship for people with intellectual disability supported by Parent 2 Parent QLD.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Gold Coast Hot Topics is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in the Gold Coast, Queensland.

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About Gold Coast Hot Topics

Gold Coast Hot Topics is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Click below to learn more.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy
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Brisbane Hot Topics is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Brisbane.

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About Brisbane Hot Topics

Brisbane Hot Topics is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Brisbane.

Click below to learn more.

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Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy

Watch this to hear Romeo Brasington talk about what Self Advocacy means to them.

Romeo worked for Voice At The Table, a project that aims for people with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury to be included in leadership roles.

What Self Advocacy Means to Romeo Brasington

Watch this to hear Romeo Brasington talk about what Self Advocacy means to them.

Romeo worked for Voice At The Table, a project that aims for people with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury to be included in leadership roles.

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Self Advocates Stories

This is Jeanette Lee’s Story, who has been very involved in Victoria’s Disability Rights movement.

Jeanette Lee’s Story – Barreir Buster

This is Jeanette Lee’s Story, who has been very involved in Victoria’s Disability Rights movement.

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Meetings with Self Advocates
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Read this for tips on how your self advocacy group can run a good meeting.

How to Run Good Meetings

Read this for tips on how your self advocacy group can run a good meeting.

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Self Advocacy Tips
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Read this for tips on how to make a Self Advocacy Scrapbook.

How to Make a Self Advocacy Scrapbook

Read this for tips on how to make a Self Advocacy Scrapbook.

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Self Advocacy Tips
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The Action Research Circle is an idea about how to do good work.

The 1st step is make a plan and 2nd step is to do the work you planned to do or ‘act’.

The 3rd step is to look at the work you’ve done and the 4th is to think about the work you did.

Then you plan more work and keep going through the steps in the circle again!

How to Plan and Do Self Advocacy Work – Action Research Circle Poster

The Action Research Circle is an idea about how to do good work.

The 1st step is make a plan and 2nd step is to do the work you planned to do or ‘act’.

The 3rd step is to look at the work you’ve done and the 4th is to think about the work you did.

Then you plan more work and keep going through the steps in the circle again!

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Self Advocacy Tips
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Read this for tips about how to deal with bullying and how your Self Advocacy Group can help say no to bullying.

How to Deal with Bullying

Read this for tips about how to deal with bullying and how your Self Advocacy Group can help say no to bullying.

Parts of this talk about abuse
This might make you feel sad
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Self Advocacy Tips
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This activity shows you how to make an Elevator Speech.

An elevator speech is a 2 minute speech that you can use to speak up about an issue you care about when you meet an important decision maker.

How to Make an Elevator Speech

This activity shows you how to make an Elevator Speech.

An elevator speech is a 2 minute speech that you can use to speak up about an issue you care about when you meet an important decision maker.

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Self Advocacy Tips
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Read this for tips on how to speak up to try make change happen.

How to Speak Up for Change

Read this for tips on how to speak up to try make change happen.

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General Self Advocacy
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In this poster Doug Pentland says “Our voices should be heard and not denied”.

Doug Pentland was a long term member of Reinforce Self Advocacy and a committed self advocate.

Voices Heard Poster

In this poster Doug Pentland says “Our voices should be heard and not denied”.

Doug Pentland was a long term member of Reinforce Self Advocacy and a committed self advocate.

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Intellectual Disability Self Advocacy

Watch this to listen to Reinforce Self Advocacy’s Song called ‘The Happy Song’.

Reinforce is Australia’s oldest Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.

The Happy Song

Watch this to listen to Reinforce Self Advocacy’s Song called ‘The Happy Song’.

Reinforce is Australia’s oldest Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.

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Self Advocacy Activities
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This activity helps self advocates to look at: what it is to be a self advocate, and to look at the things that are important to you.

You can do this activity on your own or with your Self Advocacy group.

I am a Self Advocate – I Believe Activity

This activity helps self advocates to look at: what it is to be a self advocate, and to look at the things that are important to you.

You can do this activity on your own or with your Self Advocacy group.

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For Supporters of Self Advocacy
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In this booklet are 10 tips for supporting self advocates to access technology.

These tips were made with self advocates for people who work with them.

Tips for Supporting Self Advocates to Access Technology

In this booklet are 10 tips for supporting self advocates to access technology.

These tips were made with self advocates for people who work with them.

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Self Advocacy Tips
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This book has been made to help self advocacy groups to plan and do self advocacy work.

How to Plan and Do Self Advocacy Work – Action Research Kit

This book has been made to help self advocacy groups to plan and do self advocacy work.

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Meetings with Self Advocates
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Read this to learn tips for running good meetings.

The Good Meetings Toolkit

Read this to learn tips for running good meetings.

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Local Focused Self Advocacy

Watch this video to hear Self Advocates from Have a Say Bendigo talk about the work of their group.

Have a Say Bendigo is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Bendigo, Victoria.

What Have a Say Bendigo is About

Watch this video to hear Self Advocates from Have a Say Bendigo talk about the work of their group.

Have a Say Bendigo is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with intellectual disability in Bendigo, Victoria.

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