The Riot! is a newsletter for "self-advocates." A self-advocate is somebody who has a disability and speaks up for themselves.  Are you a self-advocate? If you are, then The Riot! is for YOU! We hope that other people, like parents, staff and policy makers will enjoy it too. But these pages are written mostly for our main audience, self-advocates! Here's what we promise to do. We will:    Make you smile. We're not happy unless we make you laugh at least once. Give you good information. Self-advocates want to live in the community and be the boss of their life. Write articles that promote these ideas. Help make self-advocacy strong.  Self-advocates are speaking up all over the country.  We’ll give you opportunities to make your voice heard. The Riot! is housed at The Human Services Research Institute.  Riot staff at HSRI partner with self-advocates from around the country to bring The Riot! to you.  Self-advocates plan out the issues, write articles, and edit each issue. Riot staff support self-advocates to put together each issue. The Riot! is made available four times each year… in July, October, January and April. It's FREE!! To find out when a new Riot! is ready, you have to be on our e-mail list.  Once you are on the list, we will send you an email to let you know whenever a new Riot! is ready.  Then, you can come back to this website to take a look.  Remember... after you download The Riot! you can make copies and share it with friends, family or staff. But you have to be on our e-mail list! To get on our list Subscribe now! Sign up now! Read and enjoy The Riot!

Riot Editors Ricky Broussard Texas Dayna Davis Oregon Eric Matthes Washington Joe Meadours California Nancy Ward Oklahoma Marian West New Hampshire Betty Williams Indiana Erick Yeary Idaho Riot Staff Teresa Moore, Chief Editor John Agosta Jaime Daignault Kerri Melda Jennifer Negus Elizabeth Pell Drew Smith Reena Wagle