Advocacy & Inclusion

Community participation is an important part of living a happy, meaningful life. We all need to feel connected to our community, to feel like we belong. Here are a few ideas to keep your loved one active and engaged with the outside world.

We hear the term “self-advocate” a lot, but what does it really mean to be a self-advocate?

Voting is at the heart of who we are as Americans and no citizen should be left out of the process because of a disability. Here are three of the most basic and fundamental rights as a voter with a disability.

Those that were born after July 26, 1990 have grown up in a world knowing that equal rights regarding disabilities is a guarantee, not just a promise.

Check out some useful information you can share with others who may need guidance about communicating effectively—and appropriately—with people who have disabilities.

Take the first step to be included in your community and find something to do that you love with others.

Self-advocacy is a term thrown out there a lot in the disability space. But what does it actually mean to be a self-advocate? At its most basic level, being a self-advocate means you have a voice of your own, and you use it.

While voting shouldn’t be hard, for people with intellectual or developmental difficulties, there can be barriers that make it more challenging. Here are three ways both the federal government and state governments are making it easier for people with disabilities to exercise their right to vote.

Dr. Kira Collins, Director of Admissions at AbleLight College, tells us more about what’s known as Supported Decision-Making and how this new idea helps people with disabilities retain their right to make their own decisions. 

Here are three simple ways to advocate for public policy affecting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.