Would you consider this self-advocacy?

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I'm starting a workshop about what it's like to be in special ed and how teachers can make the experience better. It mainly talks about why it's bad to be patronizing and how learning difficulties can look like "laziness". One person thought it was self-advocacy. While I will mention some of my personal experiences as examples, I don't want to be the main focus. I don't even want autism or aspeger's to be the main focus.

It's certainly advocacy. It's self-advocacy because you are conveying your own experiences in special ed.

My own experience won't be the main focus. I'm not even in special ed anymore. If I go back to school I won't be in special ed, so these issues won't affect me anymore. I just want the future generation to not go through what I did and I want this obsession to end.

I think that's most commendable.

I'm glad you won't be in special ed when you go to university/college.

Yes, I would consider that self-advocacy in one of its best forms. Making it better for other people by talking about one's own experiences, and not waiting for someone else to do it for you.

I mostly won't be talking about my experiences. I'll just use my experiences as examples. I really want this to be more about other people. I don't want to be the next Temple Grandin.