CDS-I: Civil Rights and Advocacy

Resources and References

CDS-I: Civil Rights and Advocacy

Resources:

Advocacy in the Human Services

This book has valuable information for advocates. It provides reasons for advocating. It has strategies for reducing barriers to advocacy. It supports building advocacy skills. You can also find advocacy activities. There are methods you can use to identify and understand issues. It can be purchased at book retailers or online.

Disability Social History Project

People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history. This project seeks to share this with the world. It calls attention to how people with disabilities have been treated in the past. It supports viewing this history through the social, political, economic, and religious climates of the times. This project presents images and information to give an introduction to disability social history.

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws

This guide provides an overview of US civil rights laws. It focuses on laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. You can find out more about how these laws may apply to you or people you support.

Parallels in Time

This is an online review of the history of developmental disabilities. It begins with the Ancient Era through the 1950s (Part One). It also covers the 1950s to today (Part Two). You can find information about policy and advocacy. It has information about the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Riot!

The Riot is an online magazine about self-advocacy. It focuses on celebrating the strengths of self-advocates. It has a newsletter and shorter briefs about advocacy topics. They also offer self-advocacy toolkits. This is a resource to help individuals become stronger advocates. They strive to help people live the life they want with the support they need.

Check out additional content in the College of Direct Support or in other DirectCourse curricula. Content most related to the materials in this lesson include:

CDS: Cultural Competence
CDS-E: Direct Support Professionalism
CDS: Everyone Can Communicate
CDS-E: Individual Rights and Choice
CDS: Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
CDS: Person-Centered Planning
CDS-I: Teaching Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

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