Advocacy is action to create positive change.

There are lots of different types of disability advocacy.

Advocacy can be when someone helps you to speak up for yourself.

Self-advocacy is when someone with a disability speaks up and represents themselves.

Systemic advocacy involves working for long-term social change to ensure the collective rights and interests of people with disabilities are supported in legislation, policies, and practices.

Disability advocacy may include things like:

• Providing information to people with disabilities about their rights.
• Assisting people with disabilities to stand up for their rights by speaking with and writing to people and organizations to raise awareness of problems and seek solutions.
• Helping people with disabilities make complaints or engage in legal action.
• Working with the government to make changes to laws, policies and programs.