An advocate ?Someone you Trust ?Someone who puts your needs FIRST ?Someone other than your Case Manager, or Service Coordinator support you in your advocacy, as your Independent facilitator I will: ?Personally know, or get to know the person with a disability Help the person with a disability with all pre-planning activities and assist in inviting participants chosen by the person to their meetings Assist the person in choosing planning tools, resources and information to be used in the PCP process ?Support the individual to facilitate their own PCP meetings, or facilitate the meetings if the person chooses