Self Advocacy

Community Living Thunder Bay

I’m spurred on everyday by the good things that happened yesterday.

You have the right to:

• Be safe and free from harm.
• Have intimate relationships and choose my friends.
• Ask questions when you don’t know what someone is saying.
• Make your own informed decisions and choices, and manage the risks.
• Keep personal possessions.
• Know what will happen when you sign a consent form.
• Refuse care, medication, or treatment.
• Access community services.
• Choose which job is best for you and receive payment.
• A voice that will be heard and respected in a dignified way.
• Have privacy and personal space.
• Be involved in selecting your support staff.
• Have access to proper medical care, a lawyer, or other advisors when needed.
• Be involved in deciding where you live and with whom.
• Get a quality education.
• Be included and not isolated.
• Have access to your records.
• DREAM!