Self-advocacy
Self-advocacy is advocacy that you do to achieve a specific goal or outcome for yourself. Self-advocacy is about speaking and negotiating for yourself, making your own informed decisions and knowing how you would like a problem to be resolved. Self-advocacy is also about empowerment, recovery and standing up for your rights. You may also want to get help from an independent advocate, or another person of your choice who can provide information, resources, or support you as you advocate for yourself.
The PPAO has developed two InfoGuides on self-advocacy. The first provides you with an overview, and the second provides a how-to guide.
Infoguides