. This is the story of the first real advocacy campaign I ran, and of my first advocacy teacher, Faye. Faye was a woman with ‘severe and multiple disabilities’ and lived with a disability service provider at that time on the very cusp of transforming from one of those old…
Introduction to Advocacy
This is a little piece I wrote for Our Consumer Place back in the day. It’s a broad overview, and fairly old – don’t rely on phone numbers given inside – but is still applicable generally, I think
Advocacy – Different things to different people.
ADVOCACY / ADVOCACY WITHIN A TEAM / ADVOCACY-LIKE ACTIVITIES ADVOCACY Advocacy as understood by advocacy practitioners is independent of services, partisan, and is “‘on the side’ of people receiving compulsory treatment” , expresses their views without fear or favour. One would be a little disconcerted if one’s lawyer, one’s legal…
