YOUR BASIC RIGHTS

Read and re-read these rights so that you not only know them by heart, but so that they become naturally integrated into your daily life.

• Right to act in a way that promotes dignity and self respect.
• Right to be treated with respect.
• Right to make mistakes.
• Right to do less than you are humanly capable of doing.
• Right to change your mind.
• Right to ask for what you want.
• Right to take time to slow down and think before you act.
• Right to ask for information.
• Right to feel good about yourself.
• Right to ask for help or assistance.
• Right to disagree.
• Right to feel that you don't have to explain everything you do and think.
• Right to say *NO* and not feel guilty.
• Right to ask why.
• Right to be listened to and taken seriously when expressing your feelings.