Self-Advocacy Competencies

4. Self-Advocacy Competencies
Students must learn to articulate their needs and navigate their legal rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Disability Awareness: Can clearly describe their own strengths, learning style, and how their disability impacts their work tasks. [1]
  • Accommodation Requests: Identifies specific, reasonable accommodations they need to succeed and can practice requesting them via role-play. [1, 2]
  • Rights & Responsibilities: Understands the basics of self-disclosure (when and who to tell) and knows how to access peer mentoring or advocacy groups. [, 2]
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