A toolkit and guide to supported decision-making for people with disabilities and their supporters.
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Supported Decision-Making in the Lone-Star State (2018)
Law review article describing process of passage of SDM legislation Texas.
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Alternatives to Guardianship and Guardianship (Mass.) (November 2017)
Provides an overview of guardianship alternatives in Massachusetts including Supported Decision-Making, health care proxies, and powers of attorney. Also provides overview of guardianship in Massachusetts, including information about the rights of individuals who are subject to guardianship.
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TASH Connections Supported Decision-Making (2017)
A special issue of TASH Connections on Supported Decision-Making. Articles include:
- Supported Decision Making and Deinstitutionalization: Lessons Learned from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s
Invitational Summit by Kelly Israel - Supported Decision-Making for People with Disabilities: International Origins and Influences by Robert D. Dinerstein
- Supported Decision-Making: Legal Basis and Practical Application by Robert D. Fleischner
- Reflections on Autonomy by Dohn Hoyle
- Supported Decision-Making in Tennessee by Lauren Pearson
- Supported Decision-Making and Alternatives to Guardianship by Families by Kathy Brill
Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act (January 2017)
The Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act (UGCOPAA) of 2017 is the model guardianship statute produced by the Uniform Law Commission.
The UGCOPAA includes provisions promoting SDM as an alternative to guardianship. (See, e.g., UGCOPAA, Sec. 301(a)(1)(A))
Link includes list of states that have adopted the model statute.
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Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Law (2017)
Wisconsin’s supported decision-making statute. WIS. STAT. ANN. § 52.01(6) (West, Westlaw through 2017 Act 370).
What Guardianship Means to Me (September 7, 2016)
Stories from individuals living in Maine about what guardianship means to them. Includes people who are under guardianship and who are not.
Delaware: Supported Decision-Making Law (July 2016)
Delaware’s supported decision-making statute. DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 16, § 9403a(8) (West, Westlaw through 82 Laws 2019, ch. 4).
HSRI Evaluation: Year 2 of CPR Nonotuck SDM Pilot (2016)
Independent evaluation of year two of CPR and Nonotuck’s initial SDM pilot by Human Services Research Institute.
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HSRI Evaluation: Year 1 of CPR Nonotuck SDM Pilot (2015)
Independent evaluation of year one of CPR and Nonotuck’s initial SDM pilot by Human Services Research Institute.
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