Self-Advocacy Story Template
Overview
Self-advocacy is a challenging task because it requires us to be vulnerable and express what is most important to us, often at the risk of negative consequences or backlash. This activity helps students to learn self-advocacy through storytelling.
Introduction
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Self-advocacy is a challenging task because it requires us to be vulnerable and express what is most important to us, often at the risk of negative consequences or backlash.
Sharing an example or a story about something that illustrates why it is so important to you can be an eff ective way of helping your audience understand where you are coming from. The following template can be used as a guide for situations where you need to give a concrete example of a specifi c personal need or accommodation you need from people you work with. It also is designed to be used with people who are willing to listen to you, but may not understand where you are coming from (as opposed to a hostile audience). Depending on the situation, you may need to shorten the story portion and just provide an example, but the key purpose is to make sure you highlight a need that is important to you personally and that you need others to respect, if not understand.