How Does BCACL Support Self Advocacy?

BCACL works with self advocates and self advocacy groups in different ways:

• We support the BCACL Self Advocacy Caucus, a group of self advocates who help our board of directors decide how to advocate for people with developmental disabilities.
• We have seats on the BCACL Board of Directors that are only for self advocates.
• We work in partnership with the BC Self Advocacy Foundation on projects and activities that help self advocates organize for change.
• We offer events, conferences and training for self advocates and self advocacy groups.
• We lend and give away videos, booklets and other plain language resources that self advocates need.
• When a self advocate is having trouble in their life and wants help, we connect them with local groups for support, or act as an advocate with them.
• We keep BC Self Advocacy groups and advisors up to date on important issues in community living.
• We work in partnership with BC People First, a strong provincial organization run by self advocates.
• We lobby government for changes that self advocates want. (see Issues and Government Relations)
• We offer guidelines on how to include self advocates in decision making.

BCACL also works on issues and projects that affect self advocates:

Institutions
From the Inside/OUT!
Income Support