Links to videos where people in Australia explain how SDM has worked for them; how to provide individualized, meaningful support; and addressing an individual’s communication needs.
Visit resource: SDM Videos on decisions, assistance, and communication
Short video describing SDM in Wisconsin, applicable to anyone interested in SDM.
Visit resource: Tips from the Arc Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making
This video series from the Minnesota Department of Human Services provides an overview of supported decision-making concepts, a history of guardianship and a discussion of including financial and medical issues.
Four videos on Alternatives to Guardianship and the Promises of Supported Decision Making ACLU and from UC Davis MIND Institute describing SDM, positioning it as an alternative to guardianship, and offering advice regarding putting SDM into practice. (Note that playlist also links to other UC Davis MIND Institute Videos)
Visit resource: Alternatives to Guardianship and the Promises of Supported Decision Making ACLU
Trailer for training module on Supported Decision-Making from Open Future Learning. Includes presentations from supporter Malia Carlotto who participated in CPR’s first pilot supporting her son Cory, and CPR staff Michael Kendrick and Bob Fleischner. Find Supported Decision-Making module available for purchase on this page.
Stories from individuals living in Maine about what guardianship means to them. Includes people who are under guardianship and who are not.
Stories from Delaware about people using supported decision-making.
Visit resource: Delaware: Supported Decision Making Your Support, My Decisions
A video describing people with disabilities making health care choices.
Visit resource: Making Healthcare Choices: Perspectives of People with Disabilities
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.
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!
Visit resource: Hasan’s Journey with Supported Decision-Making
