How to Be a Beautiful Teenager by Isabella Carrera-Skorsfad
Isabella (Bella) Carrera-Skorsfad is a Youth Ambassador working with Green Mountain Self-Advocates. Bella completed a class teaching youth about their rights and how to make decisions for themselves. Youth Ambassadors…
Read MorePlain Language Booklet on Racism and Police Violence
This resource is a plain language booklet about anti-Black racism, police violence, and what you can do to stop it. There is a lot to know about racism and police…
Read MoreLove: Not Just for Some, But for Everyone!
This resource is a blog post. Max Barrows talks about what he learned in high school about sexuality. He compares that with a sexuality class he took later for students…
Read MoreIntroducing Self-Advocacy to Youth
This resource is a blog post. You are given a list of 12 rules to follow when creating a self-advocacy group for students. This list is directed at high school…
Read MoreBasic Self-Advocacy Workshop: Problem Solving
This resource is one of our six basic self-advocacy workshops. It is for 20 people or less. This workshop helps participants learn ways to solve problems and achieve the outcomes…
Read MoreGMSA’S Basic Self-Advocacy Workshops
GMSA has created six basic self-advocacy workshops that we teach to our 18 local self-advocacy groups in Vermont. Each workshop provides a new skill that is important to being a…
Read MoreLiving with Autism in the Classroom
This resource is a blog post. Kristofor Medina shares how it was to live with autism at school. He typed to communicate since third grade. He shares a message to…
Read MoreHow to Write a Blog
This resource is a blog post. Nicole LeBlanc shares how to write a great blog. She gives examples of topics to write about. She talks about why it is important…
Read MoreVideo – Dignity of Risk
This resource is a video. People with developmental disabilities have the right to dignity of risk. Max Barrows from Green Mountain Self-Advocates describes the concept of dignity of risk.
Read MoreVideo – Life History of Raymond Gordon
This resource is a video. Raymond is a youth leader in the self-advocacy movement. He shares his story of being the first in his family to graduate from public high…
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