Ingredients of Self-advocacy
Self-advocacy is the ability to communicate or request things that you need and want. It is made up of many ingredients:
Supportive Environment & Community - Safe people and spaces that encourage, believe you, facilitate and offer support
Self-awareness of Needs & Preferences - You need to be aware of what you like, need, and don’t like or don’t want
Self-worth & Confidence - You need to believe you’re worthy of support, and feel confident and secure enough to ask for what you want/need
Ability to Communicate - You need to be capable of communicating your preferences, choices and protests in a way that others around you understand
Self-advocacy can happen when all these ingredients exist together
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