What is advocacy?

Advocacy is when someone helps you to speak up for yourself.

An advocate can help you:

• talk to support services, organisations and employers
• make complaints
• share your ideas.

Advocates also give you information and advice about your rights.

When you know what your rights are, it’s easier to:

• stand up for yourself
• share your ideas
• make your own choices.

This is called self-advocacy.

Download the Our Site Fact Sheet: Disability Advocacy (PDF).

You can get help to find an advocate on the Disability Advocacy Finder website.