Self-Advocacy

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Learn about your rights and methods for communicating your needs to others.

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Your Rights: Practicing Self-Advocacy

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Some organizations advocate on behalf of people who are blind or low vision. Friends and family can offer assistance. Ultimately, however, living independently requires learning self-advocacy—the ability to speak and act on your behalf. Blindness or low vision makes you no less a person. New Skills for a […]

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Communicating Your Needs to Others: Aging and Vision Loss

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Communicating your needs effectively requires clearly defining for yourself what it is that you need. Defining your needs allows you to express them clearly so that you will be more likely to get those needs met. This sounds simple but often becomes more complicated when aging and vision […]

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