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Advocacy and self advocacy

Disability Rights California Publications - Please feel free to download and copy any of these materials for your personal use. We will appreciate your sending a donation so that we can continue our advocacy for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

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Introduction to Self-Advocacy (htm) or (pdf) contains description of self advocacy, step-by-step advice on how to proceed, forms, sample letters, and more. Available in English, February 2008, 19 pages, #5070.01.

Filing Claims Against Government Entities Under the California Tort Claims Act (htm) or (pdf) (August 2001, 5 pages, English, #5229.01)
Armenian: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.10)
Cambodian: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.06)
Chinese: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.04)
Hmong: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.09)
Korean: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.03)
Laotian: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.12)
Russian: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.07)
Spanish: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.02)
Tagalog: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.08)
Thai: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.13)
Ukrainian: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.11)
Vietnamese: Filing Claims Against Government Entities (#5229.05)

Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities - or - How to Avoid Being Run Over by a Power Wheelchair (htm) or (pdf) (December 1998, 4 pages, English, #5011.01)

Peer/Self Advocacy Training Manual (December 1997, 137 pages, Complete manual, #5066.01).

Advocacy Tips (htm) or Advocacy Tips (pdf) (March 1994, 2 pages, English, #5032.01),
Chinese: Advocacy Tips (#5032.04,
Blue Hmong: Advocacy Tips (#5032.09),
White Hmong: Advocacy Tips (#5032.09),
Korean: Advocacy Tips (#5032.03),
Laotian: Advocacy Tips (#5032.12),
Spanish: Advocacy Tips (#5032.02),
Tagalog: Advocacy Tips (#5032.08),
Thai: Advocacy Tips (#5032.13),
Vietnamese: Advocacy Tips (#5032.05),
and on audiotape (#5032.AT).