Self-Advocacy Scenario

What are your rights when it comes to food?

The Spaghetti Dilemma

You live in a group home with 5 other adults. 2 of those adults are support staff there to help. Each morning you get ready and gather your things for your day program. Monday morning you notice that staff packed up a container filled with last night's leftover spaghetti. You don’t really mind; the spaghetti was pretty tasty! That night you ask one of the support staff if you can use the sliced turkey to make your own sandwich for tomorrow’s lunch. She tells you and your roommates that everyone will be having the leftover spaghetti for lunch for the rest of the week. She asks you not to touch any of the other food in the house until the leftover spaghetti is finished.