Posts by Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
Links to Videos and Resources Shared During SARTAC Zoom Meetings
November 23, 2020 Causing Good Trouble: This Is What a Coalition Is All About. Click Here for the handout. November 19, 2020 Requesting accommodations when you go to a hospital November 16th Check out our GREAT LIST of ways to celebrate Thanksgiving during the pandemic! Click Here: Alternative Thanksgiving Ideas for 2020 November 2, 2020 Has anyone ever asked…
Read MoreSABE National Self-Advocacy Conferences
Every 2 to 4 years, Self Advocates becoming Empowered (SABE) hosts a national conference. Many describe these events as a “family reunion” where self-advocates from across the country come together to celebrate our accomplishments. It is a time to share our latest tips, tools and concerns about advocating for disability rights. Here are videos highlighting…
Read MoreHistory: Self-Advocates Planning First Self-Advocacy Conference in USA
This 12-minute video shows you what a self-advocacy group looked like in 1976. This is our history. Watch and learn for self-advocates from Oregon in 1976 planning the First National Self-Advocay confrence in the United States.
Read More2018 Roland Johnson Award honored Jeff Ridgeway and Bill Krebs
Roland Johnson was an outspoken person and leader in our national self advocacy movement. He was one of the founding members of SABE. SABE gives the Roland Johnson Award to honor a self advocate for his or her hard work in the self advocacy movement. The 2018 Award was given to two people. In memory…
Read MoreSABE National Self Advocacy Conferences from 2006 to 2014
SABE National Self Advocacy Conferences from 2006 to 2014 Take a trip down memory lane by looking at photos from: 2006 Atlanta, Georgia 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota 2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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