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Advocacy In Action (11/26 AinA 2:30p)


Description
This course explores disability through a practical, people-centered lens. Along the way, you’ll discover how ideas about disability have changed over time, learn how disability rights laws shape everyday life, and build skills for navigating challenges with flexible thinking and creative problem-solving. You’ll also explore communication—how emotions, context, and different situations influence the way we connect with others. Through discussion, reflection, and real-world examples, you’ll strengthen your social awareness and learn what it means to be an ally and stand in solidarity with others.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

Describe historical models of disability
Express how disability rights legislation impacts their lives
Apply flexible thinking and problem-solving strategies to achieve a positive outcome
Outline how different communication styles are needed for different situations
Explain how emotion impacts communication
Define context as it applies to social and situational awareness
Explain allyship and solidarity

Start Date: 11/02/2026 End Date: 12/06/2026

Content
  • Course Overview
  • Course Overview
  • 20 Questions Game (Check-In)
  • Seminar & Recording Information
  • Weekly Seminars
  • Unit 1: Remember and Reflect
  • Advocacy in Action Unit 1 Introduction
  • Language Preference
  • Disability Through History: The Moral Model
  • Disability Through History: The Medical Model
  • Disability Through History: The Social Model
  • Act Up
  • Now What?
  • Optional Video: Lost in Laconia
  • Optional Video: I'm Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much
  • Optional Video: CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION
  • This Unit is Locked until 11/9 100d
  • Unit 2: Problem Solving and Negotiation
  • Advocacy in Action Unit 2 Introduction
  • Identifying Barriers
  • Reframe Frustration
  • Brainstorming Solutions with Flexible Thinking
  • Anticipating Outcomes
  • Is No The End?
  • Asking for Support
  • Asking for Support Activity
  • Unit 3: Systems, Structures & Power Dynamics
  • Advocacy in Action Unit 3 Introduction
  • Systems, Power, & Privilege
  • Understanding Power with Eric Liu
  • Power: Formal and Informal
  • Context: Social and Situational Awareness
  • Diversity
  • Cultural Context
  • The US Government as a System
  • Who Represents You?
  • Unit 4: Confidence and Communication
  • Advocacy in Action Unit 4 Introduction
  • Spoken & Written Communication
  • Documentation
  • Emotion in Communication
  • Passive, Aggressive, & Assertive Communication
  • Imposter Syndrome
  • Building Confidence
  • Who Represents You?
  • Unit 5: Advocacy in Action
  • Advocacy in Action Unit 5 Introduction
  • Self‑Advocacy & Collective Advocacy
  • Do I Have To Advocate?
  • Burnout and Self Care
  • Rights, Responsibilities, & Obligations
  • Is Advocacy Just About Disability? In-Group & Out-Group Thinking
  • Allyship, Solidarity, and Intersectionality
  • Am I Making a Difference?
  • Your Advocacy Goal
  • Optional Video: Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet
  • Optional Video: Start with Why--How Great Leaders Inspire Action
  • 20 Questions Game (Check-Out)
  • Upcoming Courses
Completion rules
  • You must complete the units "Self‑Advocacy & Collective Advocacy, The US Government as a System, Who Represents You?, Spoken & Written Communication, Documentation, Emotion in Communication, Passive, Aggressive, & Assertive Communication, Imposter Syndrome, Building Confidence, Who Represents You?, Cultural Context, Do I Have To Advocate?, Burnout and Self Care, Rights, Responsibilities, & Obligations, Is Advocacy Just About Disability? In-Group & Out-Group Thinking, Allyship, Solidarity, and Intersectionality, Am I Making a Difference?, Your Advocacy Goal, 20 Questions Game (Check-Out), Brainstorming Solutions with Flexible Thinking, Advocacy in Action Unit 1 Introduction, Language Preference, Disability Through History: The Moral Model, Disability Through History: The Medical Model, Disability Through History: The Social Model, Act Up, Now What?, Identifying Barriers, Reframe Frustration, 20 Questions Game (Check-In), Anticipating Outcomes, Is No The End?, Asking for Support, Asking for Support Activity, Systems, Power, & Privilege, Understanding Power with Eric Liu, Power: Formal and Informal, Context: Social and Situational Awareness, Diversity"
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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