Santa Fin – The Story of a Self-Advocate Who is a Professional Santa Claus
This self-advocacy resource is a video. Finbar Ciappara is a young man who uses an iPad to communicate. For years he had a dream to be Santa Claus. This is…
Read MoreVideo – The Life History of Justin Thunderbear
This resource is a video. CDCI and Green Mountain Self-Advocates are proud to bring you the life history of Justin Thunderbear. Justin shares the story of his Abenaki heritage and…
Read MoreGet the Life You Want: A Transition Toolkit
This toolbox helps self-advocates, teachers, support people, and families to plan for the transitions self-advocates make as they move into independence and adulthood during high school. The checklists cover topics…
Read MoreBasic Self-Advocacy Activity: Would You Rather
This resource is an activity. It works best for at least 10 people. It is a good way to practice making decisions and thinking about what you like. You can…
Read MoreBasic Self-Advocacy Activity: Hot Seat
This resource is an activity. It will help people get to know each other better. It gives many an opportunity to speak in a group.
Read MoreBasic Self-Advocacy Workshop: Knowing Yourself
This resource is one of our six basic self-advocacy workshops. It is for 20 people or less. It teaches participants to identify their likes/dislikes, to know their personal strengths, what…
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 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 – 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…
Read MoreVideo – Kris Medina’s Life History
This resource is a video. Kris Medina tells us about himself and what he would like others to know about living with autism.
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