TNSTEP is accepting nominations for the 2023 Advocate of the Year Awards

Each year TNSTEP recognizes extraordinary advocates across Tennessee who have made significant contributions to the lives of children and youth with disabilities.  Award winners will be honored in May during the Tennessee Disability MegaConference in Nashville.Deadline for nominations is April 7, 2023

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This award is given to a person who has exemplified using TNSTEP’s information and resources to assist their own child or someone else’s child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education. The nominee should be a person who demonstrates teamwork and collaboration and the zeal to share the information they have learned with others. Nominees may be a parent of a child with a disability, an advocate that works with families, a teacher who has been exemplary in the life of a student with a disability, or a service provider who has bridged the gap for a student or their family to assist in receiving a free appropriate public education.

Click here to submit your nomination online.

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This award is given to a youth with a disability between the ages of 7 and 26 who is a strong self-advocate at school, at home, or in the community. The nominee must demonstrate leadership by speaking up for themselves and others and be a positive role model for young people with disabilities.

Click here to submit your nomination online.

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This award honors a person who has embodied the positive character traits of being a strong self-advocate by accepting responsibility, speaking up for themselves and others, and above all, leading by example. The Scott Finney Self-Advocate of the Year Award is named after a man who has dedicated his life to leading by example.

• The completed nomination form
• ​Photo of the nominee (jpg format)