Self-help resources
Understand your rights, know the choices open to you, decide your preferred way forward, and feel prepared. These things are particularly useful if you’re going through an assessment or review. You want to know what you want and don’t want, and feel confident enough to express these things clearly. Self-advocacy Get support to help you have a greater say in what’s happening in your life. It might mean making sure you have the right information to hand, knowing clearly what you want, creating an advocacy plan and being confident enough to speak up for yourself.
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