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Hasan’s Journey with Supported Decision-Making

by Hasan Ko and Center for Public Representation

This is a video of a young man with disabilities, Hasan Ko, sharing his story with using Supported Decision-Making. In Mr. Ko’s culture, guardianship was not something that was used, and so his parents did not know what it was when Mr. Ko’s teachers said he needed a guardian. Mr. Ko talks about how he and his family decided to use Supported Decision-Making instead. This is just one example of how someone might use Supported Decision-Making. Everyone’s path is different!

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Facebook Live – Introduction to Supported Decision-Making for Haitian Creole Community

by Black Autism Coalition, Autism 508, and the Center for Public Representation

This video captures a conversation about Supported Decision-Making between an attorney from the Center for Public Representation and community leaders from the Black Autism Coalition and Autism 509. This conversation was held through a Facebook Live session in March 2024. It is in both English and Haitian Creole.

Event was part of a training initiative, “Supported Decision-Making: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,” funded in part through a grant from the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, Federal Award No. 93.630.

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Implementing Legal Capacity Under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: The Difficult Road From Guardianship to Supported Decision-Making

by Robert D. Dinerstein, American University Washington College of Law

This law review article by Professor Robert D. Dinerstein discusses how supported decision-making will be defined and implemented in light of the language of Article 12 of the United Nations United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It also provides an overview of guardianship and its alternatives.

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Abolishing Competency as a Construction of Difference: A Radical Proposal to Promote the Equality of Persons with Disabilities

by Steven J. Schwartz

Fourth National Guardianship Summit Recommendations: Maximizing Autonomy & Ensuring Accountability

by Fourth National Guardianship Summit Delegates

This law review article – 72 Syracuse L. Rev. 29 (2022) – contains the recommendations for reform that were adopted by delegates — including judges, attorneys, legal scholars, self-advocates, and family members, among others — the Fourth National Guardianship Summit convened in May 2021. Recommendations 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.3, 3.4, and 5.2 are designed to advance the recognition of, access to, and use of SDM.

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Supported Decision-Making: Potential and Challenges for Older Persons

by Morgan K. Whitlatch & Rebekah Diller

This law review article – 72 Syracuse L. Rev. 165 (2022) – describes how SDM can be used to help older adults retain or regain their legal decision-making rights, and it includes recommendations for how to make SDM more accessible to that population. It was drafted to inform the deliberations at the Fourth National Guardianship Conference, which resulted in key recommendations for promoting SDM.

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Supported Decision-Making: Lessons from Pilot Projects

by Cathy E. Costanzo, Kristin Booth Glen, & Anna M. Krieger

This law review article – 72 Syracuse L. Rev. 99 (2022) – explains how SDM has transformed the lives of many individuals with disabilities who participated in SDM pilot programs, including those led by CPR in Massachusetts and Georgia, and outlines the key principles necessary for successful replication. It was drafted to inform the deliberations at the Fourth National Guardianship Conference, which resulted in key recommendations for promoting SDM.

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Restoration of Rights in Adult Guardianship Research & Recommendations

by American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging: Erica Wood, Pamela Teaster, Jenica Cassidy

Report from the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging (ABA Commission) on restoration of rights in guardianship. Report includes legal and empirical research involving collecting the first multi-state data on restoration.

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