Advocating Change Together (ACT) is a grassroots disability rights organization run by and for people with developmental and other disabilities. ACT's mission is to help people across disabilities to see themselves as part of a larger disability rights movement and make connections to other civil and human rights struggles.

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Tools for Change is a series of educational materials to promote self-advocacy and disability rights.

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ASK! (Item #120)
Featuring the award winning DVD, "What's Next, Teens Talk".

BINGO!
Learning about disability history and the self-advocacy movement.

  • Self-Advocacy BINGO! (Item #110b)
  • Self-Advocacy BINGO! - Photo Gallery (Item #110p)
  • Leadership BINGO! (Item #111)
  • Collective Action BINGO! (Item #112)

Changing Attitudes (Item #006)
Recognizing and challenging everyday misconceptions about disability.

Declarations of Independence (Item #180)
First-person values of self-advocacy.

Disability History Exhibit (Item #015)
Showing 3000 years of disability history in a compelling 22 panel display.

Disability, Identity and Culture (Item #005)
Exploring disability culture through art and politics (includes award-winning DVD).

Freedom, Equality and Justice for All (Item #001)
Seeing self-advocacy as a civil rights movement (includes award-winning DVD).

Get On Board This Train to Freedom
Understanding the civil rights view of disability.

  • parent edition (Item #061)
  • self-advocate edition (Item #062)
  • professional edition (Item #063)

Getting Organized (Item #003)
How personal experience can lead to collective action.

I Am A Leader (Item #020)
A youth leadership development curriculum for students age 13-18.

I Am A Person First (Item #030)
Understanding the value of values.

I Can Speak for Myself (Item #070)
The value of assertive communication for self-advocates.

Know Your Rights (Item #200)
Become familiar with the three main disability rights laws.

Leading from the Middle (Item #010)
Developing leadership in your group.

Meeting Builders
Self-Advocacy in 20 minutes.

  • Set #1 (Item #210)
  • Set #2 (Item #211)
  • Set #3  (Item #212)

My Choice, Your Decision (Item #004)
Comparing new fads in service delivery against what people really want for themselves (includes award-winning DVD).

Offense Taken (Item #220)
A documentary DVD about how one community responds to the R-word.

The Patient Needs Fixing
Understanding the medical/professional view of disability.

  • parent edition (Item #051)
  • self-advocate edition (Item #052)
  • professional edition (Item #053)

Reach for the Power Switch (Item #090)
How ordinary people can use power to make change.

Saints, Sinners, and Special People
Understanding the moral view of disability.

  • parent edition (Item #041)
  • self-advocate edition (Item #042)
  • professional edition (Item #043)

Shaking Off Stereotypes (Item #002)
Believe in yourself and the rest will follow.

Step by Step (Item #080)
Understanding the Spiral Model of community organizing.

Sticks and Stones (Item #009)
The origins of self-advocacy in Minnesota.

We Have Human Rights (Item #230)
A human rights handbook for people with developmental disabilities.


Advocating Change Together
1821 University Avenue, Suite 306-S, St. Paul, MN 55104
Telephone: 651-641-0297 or 800-641-0059
FAX: 651-641-4053

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