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Self-Advocacy at Doctor's + Therapists Appointments

• What to do before you get a doctor
• Before you go
• Types of practitioners
• What to bring
• Importance of self-report
• Kinds of questions to ask
• What to say when they say, "It's probably just your weight" or things like that
• Therapist red flags
• Speaking tips
• End of visit
• Follow up
• Reminders

5 minutes of pumping you up with positivity to go out and advocate for the causes you care about!

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• Passion
• Anger
• Kindness

Now that you know what you want to focus on, share a personal story related to why this cause is important to you.

You can write it in a journal and wait to share it until you join a group, or you can share it on social media, in a Facebook Group, with your friends, or ANYWHERE. But you need to write it down. Clarify your connection to it. This will help with your mission statement and passion-driven focus if things ever get hard.

You might think your cause needs to have a person as the audience for you to be able to participate in this challenge, but you're wrong! I want you to get creative.

I want you to think about what your cause's problems are. Write down a list of its problems and then turn those into solutions.

Now go get items that fix those solutions or at least represent those solutions and put them in a box or basket.

You are creating either a literal or symbolic care package.

It doesn't matter if your cause is creating homes for the homeless (you could start with supplies they need, that's maybe an easier mindset to think about for the care package) or reversing climate change (thinking about what would need to happen for carbon emissions to stop; maybe it's tote bags instead of plastic bags, a small electric car, etc.)

Identify your audience and imagine you're going to them at a board meeting and saying, "I have the fix for this. These aren't necessarily the exact items or life size, but these are the supplies we need. And here is why."

As you do this, you'll see a REAL plan forming.

You knew this was coming.

It's time to actually become a part of a community.

Whatever you are passionate about, there is a group that exists for it. Online or in person.

Obviously I recommend in person because you're likely to have a greater benefit from it and make larger strides. But you can ALSO find groups online to start with AND those groups can help you find in person groups!

Use the workbook to find volunteer match sites. Look on Reddit. Google your butt off. You can find a space for yourself.

And if you ABSOLUTELY can't find something, that means it might be your mission to create it.

If you're having trouble, reach out to us in the Facebook group and we might be able to help!

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