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  1. Self-advocacy

    The term self-advocacy, which means speaking up for oneself and one's interests, is used as a name for civil rights movements and mutual aid networks for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The term arose in the broader civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and is part of the disability rights movement. Today there are self-advocacy organizations across the world.

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  1. Self-advocacy

    Self-advocacy refers to the civil rights movement for people with developmental disabilities, also called cognitive or intellectual disabilities, and other disabilities. It is also an important term in the disability rights movement, referring to people with disabilities taking control of their own lives, including being in charge of their own care in the medical system. The self-advocacy movement is about people with disabilities speaking up for themselves. It means that although a person with a disability may call upon the support of others, the individual is entitled to be in control of their own resources and how they are directed. It is about having the right to make life decisions without undue influence or control by others. People with intellectual disabilities are often some of the most powerless members of society. They may live in large institutions or in smaller residences known as group homes which are staff-directed environments where residents have little or no control over their living conditions or with whom they share their living space. People with intellectual disabilities are extremely vulnerable to abuse due to their social and physical isolation. They are eight to ten times more likely to suffer sexual abuse than the non-disabled population.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-advocacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-advocacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of self-advocacy in a Sentence

  1. Paul Bashea Williams:

    We have to have self-advocacy. We have to prioritize ourselves, and it is not selfish.

  2. Mary Campbell:

    The stigma of mental illness was just so demoralizing at the time when I was diagnosed that I couldn't come out. I couldn't really seek the treatment I needed. It just took a lot of self-advocacy.

  3. Catherine Steiner-Adair:

    Helicopter parents don't develop independence and self-advocacy in their children.

  4. Mary Campbell:

    I wish my parents could've been here to hear that, and I wish everyone could hear how it truly feels to live with mental illness, the stigma of mental illness was just so demoralizing at the time when I was diagnosed that I couldn't come out. I couldn't really seek the treatment I needed. It just took a lot of self-advocacy.


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