Advocacy & Self Care

Becoming an Advocate for Your Child

• How to advocate for more resources for your child - (PDF)

Taking Care of Yourself

• Give yourself a break for just five minutes - (PDF)
• Taking care of yourself - (PDF)
• Bill of rights of parents of children with disabilities - (PDF)
• 25 thoughts to get you through almost any crisis (just for fun) - (PDF)

Grief and Stages Parents Experience

• The impact of childhood disability: the parent’s struggle- (PDF)
• Four stages of adaptations - (PDF)
• You are not alone - (PDF)

People First Language

• People first language - (Winter-2009) (PDF)
• Describing people with disabilities - (PDF)
• KASA respectful disability language - (PDF)
• KASA youth-friendly accessible language - (PDF)