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What is Supported Decision-Making?

Defined simply, Supported Decision-Making is turning to the people who matter in your life to weigh in on your choices and decisions. We all do this everyday. For people with disabilities, it should be no different.

That's why we are committed to providing information and tools to help people who want to learn more about supported decision-making so they can begin applying it in their own lives.

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The Kansas Supported-Decision-Making Portal was created to help Kansans with developmental disabilities and their supporters learn about and navigate Supported Decision-making and use it in their everyday life.

Learn about Supported Decision-Making

The Kansas Supported Decision-Making Portal will teach you what Supported Decision-Making is and show you how it is being used in daily living, goal setting, person-centered and future planning, and more. Get the basics by clicking on Learn.

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Legally, each individual adult or emancipated minor is presumed competent to make decisions for himself or herself, and each individual with IDD should receive the preparation, opportunities, and decision-making supports to develop as a decision-maker over the course of his or her lifetime.

-The Arc of the United States Position Statement on AUTONOMY, DECISION-MAKING SUPPORTS, AND GUARDIANSHIP, 2016

Latest Resources

To view all of the resources on this site, visit the Explore page.

Conversations with Ivanova

Conversations with Ivanova: Supported Decision Making

In this video, Ivanova interviews David Lord from Disability Rights Washington to find out how Supported Decision Making works. Link to resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCg9r4qSJU

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What’s Your Favorite Right?

Join Johnathan Martinis, a national expert on disability law and policy, for an introduction to supportive decision making and why the right to make choices is fundamental to our identity and well-being. Link to resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u04mK-h-Tks

How to Make a Decision Supported Decision-Making Nevada

How Do you Make a Decision?

This video from Nevada shares tips on how to make decision sfor those who are using supported decision-making. Link to resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ug1SDbjlk

Share your Supported-Decision-making Story

Want to help others who are considering supported decision-making or planning for the future?

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