Self-Advocacy Group
The Self-Advocacy Group meets every month the third Thursday of the month at 5PM at various locations in the community. Individuals engage in topics that empower and inform them.
Everyone is welcome to attend and learn about how to be a better Advocate for themselves.
2023 Officers
President– Colleen Hammons
Vice President- Luis Perez
Treasurer– Lisa Siebeneck
Two Defiance County Board of DD programs have joined forces!!
No Limits is the recreational program that provides Social Activities for Adults with Developmental Disabilities Living in Defiance County.
Defiance County Self-Advocacy Group is a program that supports advocates, someone who speaks up for their rights and ensures they have access to services and life-long opportunities not unlike people without disabilities. Self advocacy teaches individuals with disabilities how to advocate for themselves and teach people without disabilities about the importance of inclusion.
These two programs will now come together every other month to provide information on advocacy while involving a recreational activity. This is the perfect way for individuals served to have the opportunity to experience all that the DCBDD has to offer!
What is Self Advocacy?
An advocate is someone who speaks up for their rights and ensures they have access to services and life-long opportunities not unlike people without disabilities.
Self advocacy teaches individuals with disabilities how to advocate for themselves and teach people without disabilities about the importance of inclusion.
About Self Advocacy
Individuals with disabilities have the right to take control of their lives and speak up for themselves. Self advocacy groups teach individuals how to advocate for themselves and provides resources to make that possible.
Defiance County Self-Advocacy Group Contact
Toby Bostater, Special Olympics and Community Inclusion Coordinator
(419) 782-6621 ext. 2280
TBostater@defiancedd.org