Competencies & Skill Sets
Table of Contents
Partners will develop an understanding of:
- The purpose of the DC Advocacy Partners Program
- The connections between policy influencers and implementers
- The history of attitudes and practices toward people with disabilities
- The parent, self-advocacy, and independent living movements
- The importance and impact of personal stories in providing testimony
- The Americans with Disabilities Act and related legislation
Partners will be able to:
- Tell a three minute personal story as the first step towards being able to deliver testimony
- Begin to use person-first language and other preferred terms to refer to disability
- Feel more comfortable speaking in front of a group of peers
Agenda
Speakers
Mathew McCollough
Executive Director, DC Developmental Disabilities Council
Bob Williams
Associate Commissioner, Social Security Administration’s Office of Employment Support Programs
Tina Campanella
Executive Director, The Quality Trust
Chair, DC Developmental Disabilities Council
Ron Smith
DC Advocacy Partners 2013 Graduate
Handouts
The Washington Experience: Taxonomy Activity–The Iron Triangle
Easy Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act
Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring, Chapter 3: The Disabilities Context, a NCWD/Youth publication
People First Language by Kathie Snow
Why I Dislike “Person First” Language by Jim Sinclair
Position Statement Self-Determination by The Arc and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Identity First Language, an Autism Acceptance Month resource
Rights of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities by the California Department of Developmental Services
Disability Legislation, a NCWD/Youth Publication
Disability Etiquette: Tips on Interacting with People with Disabilities by United Spinal Association
Power in Numbers: A Profile of American Voters with Disabilities by the Youth Transitions Collaborative
Disability History Timeline by NCLD/Youth