Self-Determination Channel: Managing Your Money

Introduction

• Hosts: Nathaniel, Joe, and Ginger
• Topic: Importance of managing and controlling your own money

Key Points

Right to Control Your Money

• You have the right to control your money
• People who support you should not judge how you spend it
• It's important to know that it’s your money

Steps to Take Charge of Your Money

1. Learn about your money and benefits
   • Understand what you want to do with your money
2. Understand limits on how money can be spent
   • Ask who decided these limits and why they are there

Personal Stories

Nathaniel from Wisconsin Dells

• Gaining control of his money gives him independence and dignity
• Helps educate on financial abuse
• Promotes responsibility for his actions

Ginger from Austin

• Transitioned from relying on her mom for money to managing her own finances
• Helped her mom balance her checking account
• Emphasizes that disabilities do not preclude understanding money

Joe from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

• Importance of managing money for personal spending at places like Target, Amazon, and for in-app purchases
• Uses a mobile app to check his bank account balance

Learning and Support

• Everyone needs to learn how to manage money
• Supporters can help with:
  • Budgeting
  • Making spending and saving decisions
  • Keeping money safe

Conclusion

• Take control of your money
• Learn about it and spend it as you see fit
• Encouragement to support and subscribe to the channel