John O’Brien
Helping People with Disabilities Speak Effectively for Themselves
John O’Brien – May 1990
This conference gathered people with long involvement in developing self advocacy groups for people with developmental disabilities in seven states Some participants are people with developmental disabilities; the rest are not. Some participants are leaders in local and state self advocacy groups, others are paid staff responsible for supporting selfadvocacy, others are volunteer helpers for self advocacy groups. All of the people who attended took an active part in the meeting.•
Participants shared their experiences in response to three questions:
? What works to help people speak for themselves to change their own lives? [page 1-51
? What works to help people speak out to change conditions for all people with disabilities? [page 6-111
? What will strengthen self advocacy? [page 12-141
