Competencies & Skill Sets
Table of Contents
Partners will develop an understanding of:
- The purpose of the DC Advocacy Partners Program
- The connections between policymakers, policy influencers, and policy 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:
- Use person-first language and other preferred terms to refer to disability
- Feel more comfortable speaking in front of a group of peers
- Recognize who in DC and nationally plays a role in policymaking, policy influencing, and policy implementing
- Recognize who is entitled to rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Agenda
Speakers
Mathew McCollough: Executive Director, DC Developmental Disabilities Council
Alumni Panel
Joseph Shapiro: Correspondent, NPR Investigations & Author of No Pity
Handouts
Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring, Chapter 3: The Disabilities Context, a NCWD/Youth publication
Disability Legislation, A NCWD/Youth publication
Self-Determination, Position Statement from The Arc and the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Rights of People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) by the California Department of Developmental Services
People First Language by Kathie Snow
Why I Dislike “Person First” Language by Jim Sinclair
Disability History Timeline by NCLD/Youth
Activities
Disability Language Activity
Iron Triangle Activity
Community Involvement & Long Term Project
Community Involvement Reference Guide
Session 1 Community Involvement (due at Session 2)