This promising practice describes Vermont’s statewide self-advocacy organization, Green Mountain Self-Advocates (GMSA), and their partnership with the Vermont Disability Law Project to organize legal clinics for people with IDD. These clinics have enabled self-advocates to get high-quality, easy-to-understand information about alternatives to guardianship they might not get anywhere else
In this article, the authors identify current trends in promoting supported decision-making as an al...
While guardianship is an important option for people with significant cognitive challenges and high ...
This NebFact, the sixth in a series, discusses legal guardianship and alternatives to guardianship
This brief that shares key strategies to promote creativity and encourage replication among state-le...
This brief talks about some differences between people with IDD who have guardians and people with I...
This study examines the conflict between guardianship and the American disability rights movement, s...
Too often full guardianship is the default option for individuals who need assistance with decision-...
F or a number of years now, I have been a committed advocate of supported decision making as an alte...
This brief was written by researchers from two self-advocacy organizations, Massachusetts Advocates ...
Assisting advocates to present their thoughts on the use of restraints as it relates to 14-197 C.M.R...
In every state, when an adult has a diminished capacity to make decisions about personal affairs or ...
In 2006, a new Maine law mandated the creation of a waiver program that promotes the expansion of su...
Persons with disabilities often find themselves marginalized by society and by our justice systems. ...
Statutes should be revised so that people with varying levels of mental retardation are allowed to l...
Vermont’s Division of Disability and Aging Services (DDAS) and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation...
In this article, the authors identify current trends in promoting supported decision-making as an al...
While guardianship is an important option for people with significant cognitive challenges and high ...
This NebFact, the sixth in a series, discusses legal guardianship and alternatives to guardianship
This brief that shares key strategies to promote creativity and encourage replication among state-le...
This brief talks about some differences between people with IDD who have guardians and people with I...
This study examines the conflict between guardianship and the American disability rights movement, s...
Too often full guardianship is the default option for individuals who need assistance with decision-...
F or a number of years now, I have been a committed advocate of supported decision making as an alte...
This brief was written by researchers from two self-advocacy organizations, Massachusetts Advocates ...
Assisting advocates to present their thoughts on the use of restraints as it relates to 14-197 C.M.R...
In every state, when an adult has a diminished capacity to make decisions about personal affairs or ...
In 2006, a new Maine law mandated the creation of a waiver program that promotes the expansion of su...
Persons with disabilities often find themselves marginalized by society and by our justice systems. ...
Statutes should be revised so that people with varying levels of mental retardation are allowed to l...
Vermont’s Division of Disability and Aging Services (DDAS) and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation...
In this article, the authors identify current trends in promoting supported decision-making as an al...
While guardianship is an important option for people with significant cognitive challenges and high ...
This NebFact, the sixth in a series, discusses legal guardianship and alternatives to guardianship