Who I am Archives - Green Mountain Self-Advocates

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…

Video – 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…

Get the Life You Want: A Transition Toolkit

Making a Transition Toolbox helps self-advocates, teachers, support people, and families to plan for the transitions people with disabilities make as they move into adulthood during high school. This is…

Basic 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…

Basic 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.

Basic 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…

GMSA’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…

How to Write a Blog

Nicole LeBlanc speaking into a podium microphone

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…

Video – 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…