the team and make sure we all do the things we agreed to do." one “I think thing that went very well is working on actual things, really working on specific things, and to do in our state plans. Because we’re going sometimes we just come together for broad discussions that we do over and over again all the time and focus our efforts on some don’t necessarily kind of really specific 2) promote awareness of self-advocacy in task.” their state, including to youth; 3) involve others in the movement and create cross-disability coalitions; 4) re-energize self-advocacy in the state; 5) from the summit with others, including share information DD Network Partners, and government officials; and 6) examine (and increase) what the DD Act partners are doing to promote self-advocacy in their are going the state team, state… "[We to] …convene self-advocates, and the DD network to have a frank discussion about what self-advocacy is and how to best support it." really learned a lot. It is “I hard work, but if you put the work in you get it done. Now I will go forward and teach my fellow self-advocates at home what I learned.” What did you like the most? Respondents indicated they liked the time spent with peers (including peer mentoring); the involvement of ADD and other federal representatives; diversity, respect, inclusion, and accessibility; networking opportunities; and the opportunity to work as state team. Some participants stated: would just like to say that it has been an awesome day all “I around. I learned a lot. I listened a lot. And I met new people today.” "It was a chance for our rural state to get together and feel more united in our self-advocacy movement and get the ball rolling." that a diverse bunch of people can get together and it “I learned have to end in a doesn’t brawl.” am glad that autism got to come to the table because “I everybody always sees people who are on the other end and you hardly ever hear from mine. So I am glad we got to come and have our voice heard too.” What did you like the least? Some concerns expressed by participants included logistical issues. There was limited time at the summits. Some participants felt there were too many breaks, while others expressed needing more time for breaks as an accommodation. Many participants felt there was limited time to
the team and make sure we all do the things we agreed to do." “I think one thing that went very well is working on actual things, really working on specific things, and we’re going to do in our state plans. Because sometimes we just come together for broad discussions that we do over and over again all the time and don’t necessarily focus our efforts on some kind of really specific task.” 2) promote awareness of self-advocacy in their state, including to youth; 3) involve others in the movement and create cross-disability coalitions; 4) re-energize self-advocacy in the state; 5) share information from the summit with others, including DD Network Partners, and government officials; and 6) examine (and increase) what the DD Act partners are doing to promote self-advocacy in their state… "[We are going to] …convene the state team, self-advocates, and the DD network to have a frank discussion about what self-advocacy is and how to best support it." “I really learned a lot. It is hard work, but if you put the work in you get it done. Now I will go forward and teach my fellow self-advocates at home what I learned.” What did you like the most? Respondents indicated they liked the time spent with peers (including peer mentoring); the involvement of ADD and other federal representatives; diversity, respect, inclusion, and accessibility; networking opportunities; and the opportunity to work as state team. Some participants stated: “I would just like to say that it has been an awesome day all around. I learned a lot. I listened a lot. And I met new people today.” "It was a chance for our rural state to get together and feel more united in our self-advocacy movement and get the ball rolling." “I learned that a diverse bunch of people can get together and it doesn’t have to end in a brawl.” “I am glad that autism got to come to the table because everybody always sees people who are on the other end and you hardly ever hear from mine. So I am glad we got to come and have our voice heard too.” What did you like the least? Some concerns expressed by participants included logistical issues. There was limited time at the summits. Some participants felt there were too many breaks, while others expressed needing more time for breaks as an accommodation. Many participants felt there was limited time to
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