Category: Self-Advocacy

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Self-Advocacy Is about Belonging

Moving beyond “living in” the community

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Making Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ Voices Heard before United Nations Treaty Bodies

Opportunities to enhance self-advocates’ role in shadow reporting

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Anne Fracht Receives Career Achievement Award

In recognition of her decades-long advocacy and leadership on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities

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People with Disabilities Taking Action on Climate Change

HPOD’s new Easy Read primer empowers disability climate activists

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Visibilizing Intellectual Disability in the Classroom

How HPOD is working to create opportunities for Harvard University students to learn from persons with intellectual disabilities

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In Memory of Sir Robert Martin

How self-advocates can contribute to international human rights governance

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Experiences of Group Home Residents with Intellectual Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Self-advocate researchers shine a light on under-explored story

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Youth with Disabilities in Action

Spreading the word about alternatives to guardianship

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COVID-19 Experiences of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Group Homes

Self-Advocate Researchers’ Reflections

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The Right to Be Involved in Politics

What Self-Advocates Should Know

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Self-Determination & Voting

Self-Advocates, Get Out There and Make Your Voices Heard!

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Rights of Voters with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States

Ongoing Advocacy Efforts Amid a Wave of Suppression

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Supported Decision-Making Is about Us

Why self-advocates need to lead supported decision-making efforts in Massachusetts and beyond

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Self-Advocate Perspectives on COVID-19 Research

What self-advocates have to say about research on COVID-19 and persons with intellectual disabilities

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Innovations in Inclusive Early Childhood Education

COSP CRPD 2022 side event

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Self-Advocates in Research

What “nothing about us without us” means for the research community

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Universal Deaf Access Event Recording

How to Reshape Cultural, Academic, Architectonic, and Virtual Spaces

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Reckoning with the History of Institutions for Persons with Disabilities in Massachusetts

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How to Strengthen the Americans with Disabilities Act after 30 Years

Promoting Supported Decision-Making for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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CRPD Shadow Reporting

Opportunities for Self-Advocacy

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Thanks ADA!

A video by Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered

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Launch of “Can They Do That?

A monthly webinar series for self-advocates

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An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China

Volume 3

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 4

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 3

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 2

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 1

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (MASS) explore supported decision-making

Updates from the field

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Considering Empowerment: Stories of Self-Advocacy from South Africa

Dr. Jean Elphick speaks at HPOD

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Change Your Life With Human Rights

An easy read guide on the human rights of persons with disabilities

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I Will Speak Up for Myself

A guide to the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in Bangladesh

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