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    Self Advocacy and Safe Story Sharing - a guide for organisations

    By SARU - Self Advocacy Resource Unit

    Plain Language
    Consent
    Help & Support
    Types of Violence

    This is an 8-page PDF.

    This resource is a guide for organisations who want to work with self advocates. It was made by people with an intellectual disability from Positive Powerful Parents Self Advocacy Group.

    Abuse, neglect, exploitation and discrimination make life hard for people with disability and have long lasting effects.

    People with disability who share their stories to create change are called self advocates.

    Sharing stories can be hard; it is emotional work that can leave self advocates feeling upset long after they have finished sharing.

    Self advocates have created 10 rules for safe story sharing.

    Please follow these as a guide to help protect self advocates and make sure they get the support they need.