A Congressional Insider’s Guide to Influencing Disability Policy

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01/01/1999

About this Series

Effective Strategies for Interacting with Policy-Makers

The purpose of this guide is to provide persons with disabilities, family members, their advocates and other members of the public with suggestions for improving the effectiveness of their interactions with policy-makers.

General Guidelines for Disability Policy Change Agents

The purpose of this guide is to describe the critical characteristics, roles and functions of organized coalitions and the strategic steps necessary to bring about change in public policy.

Developing Organized Coalitions and Strategic Plans

The purpose of this guide is to describe the critical characteristics, roles and functions of organized coalitions and the strategic steps necessary to bring about change in public policy.