Support Groups
Through support group meetings, students can discuss the challenges they face in living with their disabilities. Students share a perspective and a level of understanding that individuals without disabilities are incapable of providing. They can be very effective in helping each other cope with the frustrations they experience and build the confidence to approach teachers, employers and personal assistants about accommodations. Students will encourage each other at times when individuals try to deny their disability or avoid opportunities to self-advocate. A sign of the effectiveness of the group is when they begin to decrease their reliance on the co-leader or advisor to facilitate the support group discussions.
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