Advocacy
Achieva Resources work hard to be an advocate for people with disabilities. Advocacy is essential in maintaining or improving the quality of life for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities may need support of advocates to:
There are many other organization that help Achieva Resources be good advocates and teach others to be their own self-advocates such as: the Community Council on Disability Awareness, the United Way, The Arc of Indiana, INARF, Self Advocates of Indiana, and Indiana's Governor's Council for People with Disabilities.
Persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities may need support of advocates to:
- Know, understand, and assert their rights
- Practice self-determination
- Learn and develop the skills necessary to be their own advocate
- Practice self-protection
- Obtain needed services
- Identify and overcome barriers to fill participation in their community
- Be protected from mistreatment, abuse, and neglect
There are many other organization that help Achieva Resources be good advocates and teach others to be their own self-advocates such as: the Community Council on Disability Awareness, the United Way, The Arc of Indiana, INARF, Self Advocates of Indiana, and Indiana's Governor's Council for People with Disabilities.
Achieva Resources Corporation, Inc., P.O. Box 1252, 800 Mendleson Drive, Richmond, Indiana 47375
Phone: 765-966-0502 Fax: 765-962-3179
Phone: 765-966-0502 Fax: 765-962-3179
