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As I was preparing to have a great conversation with my daughter, it struck me, self-advocacy and thirst for feedback, are essential qualities for career management and life.
Antonio Lucio: The Importance of Self Advocacy Antonio Lucio 2011
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If self-advocacy is about speaking up for what we need and want, seeking feedback is about keeping score.
Antonio Lucio: The Importance of Self Advocacy Antonio Lucio 2011
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Finally, self-advocacy, enables individuals to focus the efforts required to succeed in the position they are in to attain the position where they want to be in the future.
Antonio Lucio: The Importance of Self Advocacy Antonio Lucio 2011
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If self-advocacy is about speaking up for what we need and want, seeking feedback is about keeping score.
Antonio Lucio: The Importance of Self Advocacy Antonio Lucio 2011
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Early in a career, self-advocacy helps gather information about how things get done: what process to follow, the right people to get involved, what pitfalls to avoid.
Antonio Lucio: The Importance of Self Advocacy Antonio Lucio 2011
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Working off of her personal brand of distinct individuality, Lady Gaga is the perfect model for self-advocacy.
Marcia G. Yerman: MAC Cosmetics and Lady Gaga: Promoting Women's Sexual Empowerment Through HIV/AIDS Awareness Marcia G. Yerman 2011
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No one who knew the names Ed Roberts, Judy Heumann or Justin Dart and the history of all they accomplished for people with disabilities would ever doubt the meaning and importance of self-advocacy by and for us, instead of on our behalf.
Seth Mnookin: Autism Roundtable: Cross-Disability Solidarity, Goals for the Future, and What it Means to "Fit in" Seth Mnookin 2012
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No one who knew the names Ed Roberts, Judy Heumann or Justin Dart and the history of all they accomplished for people with disabilities would ever doubt the meaning and importance of self-advocacy by and for us, instead of on our behalf.
Seth Mnookin: Autism Roundtable: Cross-Disability Solidarity, Goals for the Future, and What it Means to "Fit in" Seth Mnookin 2012
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Working off of her personal brand of distinct individuality, Lady Gaga is the perfect model for self-advocacy.
Marcia G. Yerman: MAC Cosmetics and Lady Gaga: Promoting Women's Sexual Empowerment Through HIV/AIDS Awareness Marcia G. Yerman 2011
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As I was preparing to have a great conversation with my daughter, it struck me, self-advocacy and thirst for feedback, are essential qualities for career management and life.
Antonio Lucio: The Importance of Self Advocacy Antonio Lucio 2011
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