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Resources: Self Advocacy

Assertiveness Training Manual: A Five-Week Course for Self Advocates by the BC Self Advocacy Foundation, 1995
Self Advocacy
178 pp. This book is about helping self advocates learn how to speak up for themselves and be more assertive. It shows self advocates how to lead a group through five assertiveness lessons. It has handouts for group leaders about what to do for each lesson. It also has handouts for everyone in the Read more...
BC Disability Benefits Help Sheet by BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, updated March, 2010
These free self-help guides are designed for people with disabilities who need to access provincial disability benefits and the medical services, equipment and supplies provided by the Ministry of Housing and Social Development (MHSD). The sheets were updated on March 31, 2010. See below for the Read more...
Being Safe: A Safety Guide for Self Advocates - In Your Home and in Your Community by the BC Self Advocacy Foundation, 1996
Self Advocacy
12 one-page tip sheets in a pocket folder This kit gives tips on how to be safe at home, when you go out, and when you go on holidays. This publication is not available online. Please email BCACL (info@bcacl.org) to order a copy. Read more...
Easy-Read Guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by written, designed and produced for Department for Work and Pensions by the ‘EasyRead’ service @ Inspired Services Publishing Ltd. ISL366/07
Thursday, November 1, 2007
An easy to read guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read more...
Fact Sheet on Individualized Funding by the BC Self Advocacy Foundation, 2005
4 pp This fact sheet explains everything you ever wanted to know about Individualized Funding in plain language. Read more...
Finding a Job and Keeping it - Tips for Self Advocates by BCACL, the BC Self Advocacy Foundation, and the Self Advocacy Caucus
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
This is a plain language booklet for self advocates that gives helpful tips about finding a job and keeping it. See the table of contents below. Why work? ................................................................................................................. 4 Top ten reasons why Read more...
Guidelines for Self Advocacy Involvement by BCACL, 2008
This guide is to help people plan self advocacy involvement. Read more...
Institution Watch - Special edition focuses on demolition of Woodlands Institution by People First of Canada and the Canadian Association for Community Living
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The focus of the fall 2011 edition of Institution Watch is the final demolition of the Centre Block of the Woodlands Institution in BC. Read more...
Real Work for Real Pay; A booklet by self advocates, for self advocates by BCACL, 2008
'Real Work for Real Pay' is a book written by self advocates, for self advocates. It describes the learning and success of six self advocacy groups in British Columbia who completed employment projects in their communities. The booklet also explores the dreams, rights and responsibilities that self Read more...
Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) Help Sheet by BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
From the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, this Help Sheet was funded by the Legal Services Society of BC, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada: Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the Health Sciences Association of British Columbia. Read more...

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