Using Storytelling as a Self-Advocacy Tool

• By: Izabelle Azevedo Visual Storyteller and Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Inclusion Self-Advocate
• January 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, adult diagnosis, advocacy, healing, human connection, self-acceptance, self-advocacy, storytelling, Winter 2023 Issue
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I have always tried to advocate for myself, but I noticed from a very young age that I had difficulties doing so verbally. It takes a while for me to organize my thoughts to be able to speak, and I often say that even though my speaking and writing comes from the same brain, it seems like...

Making Space for Mourning: A Grief Support Session

• By: Lori Lerner, LMSW, RYT-200 hr. Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• September 29th, 2022
• compassion, death, empathy, Fall 2022 Issue, feelings, grief, grief support, grief symptoms, healing, loss, memories, mourning, self-care
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As the Coordinator of Family and Wellness in the Developmental Disabilities Division at Services for the UnderServed (S:US) and a social worker with extensive experience in providing grief support, I am often requested to administer grief support to people with intellectual/developmental...