Model SDM Agreement from ACLU.
SDM Resource Library
Type: Document
Beyond the Binary Competence Evaluation Tool (2019)
Tool for supporters, families, and providers to consider questions of competency, particularly to assess whether individual with a disability is a good candidate for supported decision-making.
Visit resource: Beyond the Binary Competence Evaluation Tool
A Practical Guide to Psychiatric Advance Directives (2019)
A nationally targeted guide to using advanced directives for psychiatric care.
Visit resource: A Practical Guide to Psychiatric Advance Directives
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.
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
IACHR Welcomes Measures Recognizing the Legal Capacity of People with Disabilities in Peru (October 2, 2018)
Article describing law passed in Peru on September 4, 2018 recognizing that people with disabilities have full legal capacity and the concept of support and safeguards.
Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Agreement (August 30, 2018)
Wisconsin Department of Health SDM Agreement form.
Visit resource: Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Agreement
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.
Beyond Guardianship: Toward Alternatives That Promote Greater Self-Determination for People with Disabilities (March 22, 2018)
Report for National Council on Disabilities recommending supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship.
Beyond Guardianship, National Council on Disability (March 22, 2018) at 23.
