Empowerment
- Community Connections – This is a Center for Independent Living providing support to empower and promote full participation of people with disabilities in all aspect of community life. Services Provided: Advocacy and Related Services, Information, Assisting persons with disabilities to navigate the Social Security Administration system, Self-Advocacy Training and Peer Support. (800) 578-4245 or (269) 925-6422 http://miconnect.org
- Self-Advocacy network of Michigan/The Arc Michigan is a resource that provides technical assistance on self-advocacy and self determination and to advocate as a collective body across Michigan on issues in the disability community. To be a resource that provides technical assistance on self-advocacy and self determination and to advocate as a collective body across Michigan on issues in the disability community. http://www.arcmi.org/new/self.advocacy.htm
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publication: Building Self-Esteem: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA-3715/
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publication: Speaking Out For Yourself: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA-3719/
