by Tyrone Brown Who can best cope with the challenges one faces in life? The individual who has conditions for daily living, which provide happiness and stability through quality family time and care, as well as caregivers with a heart. Regardless of the individual, feeling loved and accepted for who one is will always […]
by Jeff Stackhouse Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan’s Shine On Canadian Tour came to Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre on October 20th and 21st 2014. From the living room set, to the ambient lighting, the venue’s sound clarity, and Sarah’s angelic voice, all in attendance at both sold out shows witnessed a show of a lifetime. The […]
Many adults with disabilities have had their right to make decisions taken away. In many cases this has led to abuse and the person being robbed of their ability to defend their human rights. Article 12 in the UN Convention on the Rights of Person’s with a Disability says people should not lose their […]
Lauren Potter speaks at the 23rd Annual Best Buddies International Leadership Conference: Inclusion Revolution, about her experience with Best Buddies, how the organization has helped make her dreams a reality, and how it can help others with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their own dreams. Lauren Potter, who plays Becky Jackson on the Fox television […]
My History, Our Future is a video-based training program created for youth and adults with developmental disabilities to learn how to be self-advocates and for their allies to learn how to best support self-advocacy. Self-advocacy is an important life skill necessary for citizenship and leading a meaningful life. Allies are support workers, relatives, friends or […]
What is self-advocacy and why do D/HH students need it? What does a D/HH student need to know in order to be a self-advocate? Can self-advocacy skills be part of IEP goals? This video is part of the Building Brighter Futures! tutorial series produced by the Minerva Deaf Research Lab (MDRL) at the University of […]
A five minute video about what self-advocacy is … skills students need to be good self-advocates and some strategies on teaching.
