Community Presentations
A very empowering activity for self-advocacy groups is to give presentations to teachers, parent groups, students, preservice special education teachers, community providers and members of the business community. Presentations can be in-services or panel discussions that deliver general information about how to communicate with and support people with disabilities. These forums provide the above groups opportunities to ask students about issues such as accommodations, disclosure and confidentiality. The students can, in turn, ask the audiences what they expect from people with disabilities. People First of Anchorage has developed a Disability Etiquette workshop that teaches community members effective ways to communicate with people with disabilities.