Advocacy
History of Advocacy
ADA
Problem Solving
Vote!
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A planned action to support an issue, interest, cause or idea

What is Advocacy?

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We know what is best for you
What is "medical model?
100
The ADA was signed on
What is July 26, 1990
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1. Define the problem 2.Analyze the Problem 3.Generate Potential Solutions 4. Decision-Making

What is Steps of Problem Solving

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__________ is a way to speak your mind and let your voice be heard!

What is voting?

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a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy

What is an Advocate?

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During the___________ people with disabilities were feared and ridiculed. They were persecuted and thought they were witches

What is the Middle Ages?

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The ADA stands for?
What is Americans with Disabilities Act
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Every person has the right to make _________ affecting their own life

What is choices

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One ______, one _______ really does count!

What is one voice ,one vote

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Advocating for yourself

What is Self-Advocacy?

300
Civil Rights Movement Deinstitutionalization Consumerism Self Help Groups – Peer Support De Medicalization
What is NEW ATTITUDES OF THE 60’S
300

What president signed the ADA into law?

What is President George H. W. Bush

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Every person can in some mode, their choices and preferences

What is communicate?

300

there is _________ in numbers

What is power

400
Many people are not aware of the rights people with disabilities have!
What is why we need self-advocacy?
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Was an American activist. He was the first student with severe disabilities to attend the University of California, Berkeley. He was a pioneering leader of the disability rights movement.
Who is Ed Roberts?
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ADA disabilities include both _____ and _______ medical conditions.
What is physical and mental
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Every person can create their own ______ and chose how to reach those ________

What is goals

400

Voting is our chance to make a _______________ in our own lives and within the world

What is difference

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It is a combination of skills, knowledge and beliefs It is the freedom to be in charge of your life. We feel in control of our lives
What is Self Determination?
500
Roberts contracted ________ at the age of fourteen in 1953,
What is polio
500
TITLE 1 REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE EQUAL __________ OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
What is Employment?
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Knowing your personal ________ and __________ can help you a lot in making good decisions

What is strengths and weaknesses

500

To vote, you fill out the __________ and either mail it back or drop it off at a number of locations

What is ballot

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