SA Discussion Series participants,

Please see the resources below and attached from our amazing SA Discussion on Youth Advocacy/Self-Advocacy. A big THANK  YOU to our amazing presenters, Emmanuel Jenkins, Lindsey Spoon and Matthew Shapiro. Their presentations are attached.

If you have not taken NACDD’s Self-Advocacy Discussion Series Youth Self-Advocacy Poll, please click below and answer today. If you need support to answer the poll, please email xxxxxx@nacdd.org.

Youth Self-Advocacy Poll Link - https://nacdd.typeform.com/to/ROzFR43j

SARTAC - for more resources on advocacy, visit the Self-Advocacy Resources and Technical Assistance Center

• SARATC Self-Advocacy Resources page https://selfadvocacyinfo.org/self-advocacy/
• All about the ADA https://selfadvocacyinfo.org/resource/all-about-the-ada/

Two resources from the SARTAC website are attached:

1. Engaging Youth in the Self-Advocacy Movement – A Tip for Self-Advocacy Groups
2. Tips for Youth to Become Involved in the Self-Advocacy Movement

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)

• Empowering Leadership: A Systems Change Guide for Autistic College Students and Those with Other Disabilities

https://autisticadvocacy.org/book/empowering-leadership-a-systems-change-guide-for-autistic-college-students-and-those-with-other-disabilities/

• Roadmap to Transition: A Handbook for Autistic Youth Transitioning to Adulthood
  https://autisticadvocacy.org/book/roadmap/
• Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy
  https://autisticadvocacy.org/book/navigating-college/

Other resources and information

• NACDD’s Art of Impact
  www.startyourjourney.org
• SELF-ADVOCACY ONLINE
  http://www.selfadvocacyonline.org/
  
  

SA Discussion Series Recording
https://zoom.us/rec/share/rGqbixSymA1h2tTQ4TjkSJVFzYsdqjWvGRlUz5PqAFds7egJmQViKzRftTR7CM8f.TX2W2Dm1EpWWt2HC
Passcode: *xxxxxx@#Dp+7 (You have to type in this passcode, it may NOT work if you copy and paste)

>>>CAMPFIRE CHAT>>>
If you are interested, try joining self-advocates from Oklahoma and Louisiana for a Campfire Chat! Campfire Chat is an informal and online hang out. Just a time to meet new people and chat! 
The group meets on Zoom,  4:30pm central time (5:30pm Eastern) for about 2 1/2 hours on even numbered days!
Join Campfire Chat: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87133047074?pwd=WnA2WUR2WVMrelZMNTFqVloxN0MrZz09

Meeting ID: 871 3304 7074

Passcode: chat
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Dial: 1 (346) 248 7799

Meeting ID: 871 3304 7074

Passcode: 499131

Please only share this Zoom link with your friends and do not share the Zoom link publicly or on social media.

SAVE-the-DATE: The next NACDD SA Discussion Series will be held on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern.

If you have any questions or need support with the attachments, please let me know. Thank you all for your advocacy!!

All my best,

Angela

Angela Castillo-Epps

NACDD

Nacdd.org