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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s Supported Decision-Making toolkit
ASAN has released a new toolkit discussing supported decision-making (SDM) and guardianship, and the many different laws pertaining to both in the …
NEW Report from the Social Security Advisory Board “Improving Social Security’s Representative Payee Program”
NEW Report from the Social Security Advisory Board “Improving Social Security’s Representative Payee Program” New Social Security Advisory Board Report recommends more …
NEW Video Friends and staff at Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities discuss decision-making, independence and the future
NEW Video Friends and staff at Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities discuss decision-making, independence and the future
Another victory for Supported Decision-Making in the District of Columbia
For the first time in D.C., a guardianship of a senior has been terminated specifically in favor of Supported Decision-Making, thanks to …
Sam Crane, the legal director at the Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, a group that provides pro-bono legal services to people …
Disability Rights Experts Testify Before U.S. Senate Subcommittee: A Call for Conservatorship and Guardianship Reform
On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution hosted disability rights experts at a hearing tomorrow on …
Amici Brief Fights for Britney Spears’ Right to Choose Her Own Lawyer and Use Supported Decision-Making
The National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making joined 24 other civil rights and disability rights organization in supporting an amici curiae brief, …
Statement from Disability Justice and Supported Decision-Making Advocates: Britney Spears Spotlights the Need for Change Now
Access PDF of statement When Britney Spears chose this week to share her personal experience living under a conservatorship, she shined a …
Dr. Blanck to open conference on global context for the reform process in Israel. Purpose of the Conference: Most countries in the …
“I learned that I have a voice in my future” Summary, Findings, and Recommendations of The Virginia Supported Decision-Making Pilot Project
“I learned that I have a voice in my future” Summary, Findings, and Recommendations of The Virginia Supported Decision-Making Full Report The …
Morgan K. Whitlatch will be co-presenting two sessions at the upcoming National Disability Rights Network virtual annual conference
Morgan K. Whitlatch, Legal Director of Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities and Lead Project Director of the National Resource Center for …
BBI’s Jonathan Martinis and Peter Blanck’s new book “Supported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All!” featured in the Washington Post.
Six years ago, her Virginia court case opened the way for others with disabilities to fight for their independence. Hatch challenged a …