title: The experience of advocacy. 2: A group member's perspective.
abstract: This article examines advocacy and is written from a client's perspective. Hilary Drage is an experienced self-advocate and founder member of the Banbury Advocacy Group for Adults with a Learning Disability. Here she gives a personal account of the practice of self-advocacy and the functioning of a self-advocacy group. The article is based on an interview with Steve McNally.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McNally
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012657:Self-Help Groups