Can You Hear My Voice?
Nothing about Us without Us - from Slogan to Reality for People with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities
Yoav Kraiem - Co-Director, Community Development and Social Change Unit, Beit Issie Shapiro, Israel ,Shosh Kaminsky - M.S.W., Knowledge Resource Development manager, Beit Issie Shapiro ,Sarah Sadovnik - COO of Elwyn Israel ,Gali Schwartz - Coordinator of the self-representation project, Beit Issie Shapiro
This article describes the process of Leadership Development among people with developmental disabilities that was carried out by Beit Issie Shapiro and Elwyn Israel. Furthermore, this process resulted in the participation of this group in the Parliamentary discussions on the legislative process of self-advocacy.
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Empowering Persons With Disabilities to Become Self-Advocates
Leadership of people with intellectual disability promoting policy and legislation