Speak Up: Your Guide To Self-Advocacy
By Michelle Diament
July 21, 2009
Navigate The System
Home, work, school and the list of systems we live within goes on and on. The key to getting what you want out of each environment is to understand the infrastructure and what role you play within it.
“Understanding how to run your own IEP doesn’t mean you have to understand every line of IDEA. It just means you have to understand what role you play in the IEP meeting and how to assert your own needs and aspirations and get what you want,” Ne’eman says.
It’s the little things in life too, like learning to share a toy with a friend or interacting with other passengers on a bus.
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