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: