Tag: Support Circles
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Circles of Support – A Manual for Getting Started
This manual from Resourcing Inclusive Communities provides a detailed review of support networks/circles of supports/circles of friends.The guide includes many ideas and examples of:
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Circles of Support – Getting Started
This guide from Resourcing Families provides an overview of Circles of Support and includes many ideas to help people and families get started to develop their own support networks.
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A Guide to Supported Decision-Making: The Basic Legal Concepts
This resource from Windsor-Essex Family Network outlines current laws in Canada related to decision-making and explores the shift that is needed for people with disabilities to have dignity and autonomy through Supported-Decision Making.
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Supported Decision-Making and Self-Directed Support Organizations
Supported decision-making is rooted in the belief that a person’s legal capacity is not measured by one’s mental capacity. In other words, people with disabilities have the right to be part of decisions that affect them. With supports in place, any person can be assisted to exercise choice and control in all personal and legal…