INTRODUCTION

WHY ADVOCACY IS SO IMPORTANT

ADVOCACY AND SERVICES: THE DUAL ILC COMMITMENT

• Consumer Involvement in ILCs
• Consumer Advocacy's Place in Direct Services
• Fostering Self-help Assertion and Survival Skills in Consumers
• An Illustration of Consumer Empowerment
• Avoiding "Doing Too Much" For Consumers

• Independent Living Networks
• State Networks: The California Example
• Cautions Regarding Lobbying and Advocacy
• Complying With Restrictions on Lobbying
• Need to Determine Advocacy Priorities
• Setting Major Advocacy Issues Dealing with Crop-up Issues
• Prioritizing and Monitoring Activities with Outside Organizations
• Developing Position Statement
• Using Spokespeople with Disabilities
• Maintaining Contact with Elected Representatives
• Tracking and Communicating Outcomes
• Disseminating Information about Community Successes and Advocacy Impact

• Scarcity of New Leaders for the Movement
• In Order to Get Power We Must Give Power
• Negative Effects of 'Turfism'
• Providing Support of Advocacy Groups
• Recruiting Consumers
• Preventing or Reducing the Impact of Burnout
• Successful Image
• Cloning

• Amount of Time and Resources to Devote to Systems Advocacy
• What Constitutes Representative Consumer Input?
• Who is Responsible for Systems Advocacy?
• Threat of Co-optation

REFERENCES ANDADDITIONAL READINGS

APPENDIX: REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT SHEET

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 
 

jik@pacbell.net