Publications

Advocacy and self advocacy

PAI Publications - Please feel free to download and copy any of these materials for your personal use. We willS appreciate your sending a donation so that PAI can continue its advocacy for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

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Introduction to Self-Advocacy Contains description of self advocacy, step-by-step advice on how to proceed, forms, sample letters, and more. Available in English, February 2008, 19 pages, PAI #5070.01.

Advocacy Tips (PDF format) or Advocacy Tips (html format)
(March 1994, 1 page, English, PAI #5032.01),
Cambodian in PDF format (PAI #5032.06),
Chinese in PDF format (PAI #5032.04,
Blue Hmong in PDF format (PAI #5032.09),
White Hmong in PDF format (PAI #5032.09),
Korean in PDF format (PAI #5032.03),
Laotian in PDF format (PAI #5032.12),
Spanish in html format (PAI #5032.02),
Tagalog in PDF format (PAI #5032.08),
Thai in PDF format (PAI #5032.13),
Vietnamese in PDF format (PAI #5032.05),
and on audiotape (PAI #5032.AT).

Fair Hearing Videotape - An overview of advocacy and negotiating techniques that work well in administrative hearings. July 1986. Videotape available in English (PAI #5502.01).

General Advocacy Videotape - An overview of advocacy an negotiating techniques for Special Education, IEP, Regional Center, and IPP meetings. July 1986. Videotape available in English (PAI #5501.01, $18.00) and Closed Caption (PAI #5501.22).

Introduction to Self-Advocacy Contains description of self advocacy, step-by-step advice on how to proceed, forms, sample letters, and more. Available in English (February 2008, 19 pages, PAI #5070.01).

Attitudes Toward Disabled People - or - How to Avoid Being Run Over By A Power Wheelchair (PDF format) or
Attitudes Toward Disabled People - or - How to Avoid Being Run Over By A Power Wheelchair (html format)
(December 1998, 3 pages, English, PAI #5011.01).

Peer/Self Advocacy Training Manual (December 1997, 137 pages, Complete manual, PAI #5066.01).

Peer/Self Advocacy Training Manual (June 1991, 64 pages, Abridged manual, English, PAI #5067.01).

Study Guides for Peer Advocacy. (January 1991, 21 pages, English, PAI #5076.01).

Non-PAI publications: If these publications are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from PAI by publication number. Again, we will appreciate your sending a donation so that PAI can continue its advocacy activities for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

Disabled People & Poverty in 2007 - Information Bulletin #197A, Steve Gold's Treasured Nuggets

Legal Glossary - now includes 11 languages including Arabic, Armenian (Western), Hmong, Mien, Mong, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese. Issued by the Superior Court of California. For hard copies, call 916.874.8663 or e-mail floreses@saccourt.com.

How Can I Find and Hire the Right Lawyer? - available from the State Bar of California, Office of Communications, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco CA 94105-1639, 415.538.2280, www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/publications/Pamphlet_Hire-Lawyer.pdf (EnglishPAI, #5126.01)

References recommended by PAI senior staff - updated March 2007.