Manual for people with disabilities and their supporters to help understand how to use SDM. Contains useful tools such as checklists for deciding what type of support is needed in various areas.
SDM Resource Library
Tag: State
Your Vote Counts: A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Voting in the U.S. (2019)
Voting is important! Did you know that even if you have a guardianship you may still be able to vote? Whether you can vote while under a guardianship depends on the laws in your state and on what your guardianship paperwork says. If you are under a guardianship you may still have the right to vote. The Your Vote Counts guide from Autistic Self Advocacy Network explains the rules in every state about voting while under a guardianship.
You can also read more about your RIGHT to vote and HOW to vote on this page from Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
Visit resource: Your Vote Counts: A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Voting in the U.S.
Alaska: Supported Decision-Making Law (December 2018)
Alaska’s supported decision-making statute. H.R. 336, 30th Leg., 2nd Sess. (Alaska 2018).
Frequently asked questions and additional information about the statute available here.
Education Decision-Making & Transfer of Rights (December 2018)
Information for Washington DC on Special Education and SDM. Contains link to model SDM agreement form.
Visit resource: Education Decision-Making & Transfer of Rights
Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Agreement (August 30, 2018)
Wisconsin Department of Health SDM Agreement form.
Visit resource: Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Agreement
This 87-year-old D.C. woman just made it easier for you to keep your independence (June 27, 2018)
News article describing case of first older adult in D.C. who had her guardianship terminated in favor of Supported Decision-Making. Includes interviews with the decision-maker and with her attorney, Morgan Whitlach, Legal Director at the Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities.
Visit resource: This 87-year-old D.C. woman just made it easier for you to keep your independence
28-year-old Jamie Beck makes Indiana history as 1st to regain decision-making rights (June 1, 2018)
News article describing first woman in Indiana to regain decision-making rights in favor of SDM.
See also article in Indiana Lawyer.
Visit resource: 28-year-old Jamie Beck makes Indiana history as 1st to regain decision-making rights
District of Columbia Supported Decision‐Making Agreement : Information And Instructions (May 2018)
District of Columbia’s supported decision-making agreement and instructions on how to fill out the agreement.
District of Columbia: Supported Decision Making Law (Disability Services Reform Amendment Act of 2018) (May 2018)
Disability Services Reform Amendment Act of 2018 of the District Columbia establishing supported decision-making in the District.
Tips from the Arc Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making (2018)
Short video describing SDM in Wisconsin, applicable to anyone interested in SDM.
Visit resource: Tips from the Arc Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making
