Family Advocacy

The Gemini Project for Establishing a European Network for Promoting Parent Participation in School Management

The Gemini Project is a proposal to establish a network of 'Parent Awareness Circles' in a number of European countries to facilitate the involvement of parents of children from minority groups - including those with disabilities - in school based decision making.

Advocacy

A checklist of nine tried and true strategies for parent advocates who wish to affect changes in the system for their son or daughter. While the article comes from a book relating to parents and schools, it is relevant for broader advocacy efforts. Keyword: Advocacy

Parent Advocacy: The Queensland Experience

A paper presented in August 1986, at the 22nd National Conference of the Australian Group for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency (AGSSOMD) by Jeremy Ward, a parent leader from Queensland.

Relationships with Severely Disabled People: The Social Construction of Humanness

A qualitative paper which looks at friendships between non disabled people and people who have disabilities. It is especially concerned with examining non disabled people who are in relationships with those labelled 'severely disabled', those who cannot talk and those whose humanness is often considered problematic.

Corporate Advocacy

An information paper providing the definition of corporate advocacy and explains how a corporate advocacy group acts as a watchdog of the quantity and quality of services. Keyword: Advocacy

An Evaluation of Queensland Advocacy Inc. Report of the External Team

Michael Kendrick, Director of the Institute for Leadership and Community Development, Massachusetts, U. S. A. , led an external evaluation of Queensland Advocacy Inc. , a systems advocacy organisation. This report describes how the review was conducted and outlines its findings and recommendations.

Our Rights

This booklet reports on the outcomes of four workshops held for people with disabilities whose services had been reviewed. These outcomes are to be used as a basis for lobbying the government. The information in the booklet includes descriptions of advocacy and the support required for advocacy to happen.

Reflections on the status of citizen advocacy

This Canadian paper is based on a series of presentations given at events where the development of citizen advocacy was critically examined. It provides an historical reflection and an overview of the major theoretical determinants of advocate-protege pairing.

Citizen Advocacy

This information sheet describes citizen advocacy, what citizen advocacy is NOT, the role of the Citizen Advocacy office, the goals of citizen advocacy, and who benefits. Keyword: Advocacy

Self Advocacy

This brief sheet summarises self advocacy and why it is important. Keyword: Advocacy

We work with families in NSW to defend and promote the rights and interests of people with developmental disability

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The Gemini Project for Establishing a European Network for Promoting Parent Participation in School Management

Advocacy

Parent Advocacy: The Queensland Experience

Relationships with Severely Disabled People: The Social Construction of Humanness

Corporate Advocacy

An Evaluation of Queensland Advocacy Inc. Report of the External Team

Our Rights

Reflections on the status of citizen advocacy

Citizen Advocacy

Self Advocacy