I’ve sent my message urging support for HB 4676 & HB 4677. This is so important for protecting the independence and rights of individuals with disabilities.

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Supporters tell committee that supported decision‑making law would expand options to guardianship House Bill 26 09 would create a statutory framework for supported decision‑making agreements, allowing adults to name supporters, setting duties and fiduciary limits, and providing third‑party recognition and penalties for misuse; disability advocates and clinicians urged passage as a less‑restrictive alternative to guardianship.

Kansas is on the verge of empowering adults with a groundbreaking Supported Decision Making Agreements Act that could transform guardianship options forever!

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#KS #PatientSafety #CitizenPortal #SupportedDecisionMaking #GuardianshipReform #KansasDisability

Supported decision-making: A Human Rights Approach. - Improving Communication, Improving Lives Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. How Talking Mats can improve communication and lives.

Talking Mats creates ethical, rights based practice by reducing power imbalances, challenging assumptions about ability & ensuring decisions reflect the persons views #oureverydayrights #humanrightsday #humanrights2025 #supporteddecisionmaking
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Supported Decision Making Legal Sector Film This video explains AB 1663’s conservatorship reforms and how supported decision-making (SDM) is now recognized in California law. Legal professionals, family…

AB 1663 has made Supported Decision Making the law in California. It reforms Conservatorship law and makes sure Disabled People keep their Civil and Human Rights. #SDM #SUPPORTEDDECISIONMAKING vimeo.com/1130989723

Wayne County Probate Court Denies Guardianship Request for Linda Van Warmer Court rules Linda Van Warmer capable of supported decision making regarding her life.

In a landmark ruling, the Wayne County Probate Court has affirmed Linda Van Warmer's right to make her own decisions, igniting a powerful conversation on supported decision-making in Michigan.

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#MI #CitizenPortal #SupportedDecisionMaking #EquityAndInclusion

🧠💛 Today is International Self-Care Day!

Self-care isn't just about bubble baths and smoothies - it's also about taking steps to protect your rights, values, and well-being.

📘 Access free fillable #RepresentationAgreement forms: nidus.ca/ra-forms/

#PersonalPlanning #SupportedDecisionMaking #Nidus

Graphic with soft waves of pink, blue, and coral. Text explains supported decision-making as a tool that protects rights while keeping individuals involved in choices. Emphasizes the need for a supported decision-making law in Arkansas and encourages autonomy, dignity, and independence.

Supported decision-making isn’t about taking control—it’s about sharing it. This approach helps people with disabilities stay involved in their own decisions, with guidance instead of restriction.

#SupportedDecisionMaking #DisabilityRights #AutonomyMatters #Inclusion

Everyone deserves the dignity of choice. A rights-based approach to supported decision-making isn't about taking over.

This strengthens personal agency and fosters collaboration with mental health professionals—making informed choices accessible to all.

#SupportedDecisionMaking #InformedChoices

Poster the University of Galway and Research Ireland logos. The poster has a series of questions with pictures beside each answer. The text reads. Young people who are non-speaking, sometimes speaking or communicate differently and research on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act. Who can take part? Young people who are non-speaking, sometimes speaking or communicate differently aged from 16 to 35 years and their supporters can take part. They should have made or be getting ready to make a support agreement under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. What will people taking part have to do? People taking part in this research will have to tell Clíona things like who helps them to make decisions, what role under the new law they picked, what was easy or hard about learning about it or getting it set up. How can I find out more? Contact Clíona at cliona.debhailis@universityofgalway.ie or 0860081153

Now including people up to the age of 35!

Young people, age 16 - 35, who are non-speaking, sometimes speaking communicate differently and their supporters, I'm interested in hearing from you for my
@researchireland.bsky.social funded project.

#LoveIrishResearch #SupportedDecisionMaking #ADMCA

#DDAwareness #SupportedDecisionMaking #SelfAdvocacy

March 10: Journal of Health Care Law and Policy Spring 2025 Symposium - The Elm The Elm is a publication of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).

Glad that the Journal for Health Care Law & Policy with @umbaltimore.bsky.social is focusing its spring symposium on #disability and access to care. I'll be speaking on #SupportedDecisionMaking. Join us this Monday! Registration & details 👇

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Two women working on a form together. Featured Resource: Supported Decision-Making Agreement Tool.

It's your life. Stay in charge of it.
When you create a Supported Decision-Making Agreement, you keep your rights & you decide - with help from someone you trust - how to live your life.
Learn more: disabilityrightstx.org/en/handout/c...

#DisabilityRights #SupportedDecisionMaking #SelfDetermination

Launched a new project with the Georgia Advocacy Office, making short films about Supported Decision Making, an alternative to guardianship keeping people in the driver seat of their lives. Bonus: with Captain Crazy Productions!

#StoryMuse #TransformativeStorytelling #SupportedDecisionMaking

App aims to empower decision making for disabled New Zealanders One in 4 Kiwis identify as having a disability, and many find it difficult to communicate their preferences and choices to their supporters. Social enterprise Volition is developing a new app dedicate...

Hmm. An interesting idea... www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #disability #supporteddecisionmaking

I’m an adult with autism. I built a team to help me make decisions Supported decision-making or SDM is an alternative to adult guardianship for people with a cognitive or intellectual disability, writes Jonathan Gardner. With SDM, I’m the CEO of my life. Rather than taking decisions away from people like me, SDM allows us to use supporters to help us make and communicate our own decisions.

An #autistic cancer survivor used #SupportedDecisionMaking to maintain #autonomy over his medical treatment and life decisions rather than submitting to restrictive #guardianship. 👏

#DisabilityRights #GuardianshipReform #SelfAdvocacy

Via @WBUR

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