Return Menu Self-Advocacy Making our needs and wants clear DRC offers skills training to persons with disabilities. Self-advocacy is at the heart of being able be independent. Skill-building focuses on stating your needs clearly and effectively in order to obtain your goal, whether that goal is to talk with your doctor, apply for services, hire and manage a personal assistant, schedule or access transportation, interview for employment or get involved in political issues. Through self-advocacy we become better communicators and are better able to provide input into decisions that affect our lives. We are involved with disability issues on the national, Washington state and local levels to create changes to enhance independent living.
Interest evolves for individuals as they go through their own personal experiences.
All government agencies and most businesses are affected. Curb cuts installed for wheelchair users are popular with parents pushing strollers. Businesses get tax credits for making some changes which improve access for everyone. People with disabilities who are employed become taxpayers. We specialize in simple, common-sense approaches to accessibility.