Too often, advocacy is led by people who consult, research, and theorise, but haven’t lived the experience. That gap matters. Because no amount of theory can replace the precision and urgency that comes from surviving a system and still choosing to help others through it.
Before it was a framework, Strategic Self-Advocacy™ was a coping mechanism. It came from a simple but deeply human place: the need to be heard without being harmed. For those of us navigating systems built without us in mind, 'speaking up' was never just about raising our voices. It was about survival.