Choices, Preferences, and Disability: A View from Central and Eastern Europe

Tichá, Renáta; Telna, Olha; Šiška, Jan; Klapko, Dušan; Kincade, Laurie

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“…For example, guardianship systems in the United States have not been subject to the same human rights reform agenda as those in Australia (Duffy, 2023). Also, Eastern and Central European countries, despite endeavours at legal capacity reform, have moved more slowly to de‐institutionalisation, continuing to lack community living options and accompanying services (Tichá et al., 2020). All of these countries still have systems of guardianship where courts make declarations of incapacity and appoint substitute decision makers for adults with cognitive disabilities.…”

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Delivering decision making support to people with cognitive disability—What more has been learned from pilot programmes in Australia and internationally from 2016 to 2021?

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Aust J Social Issues

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Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been instrumental in driving the development of the concept and practice of supported decision making. An important feature has been the development of “supported decision making pilots.” This paper identifies, describes and analyses pilot programmes providing support for decision making for people with cognitive disabilities in Australia and internationally between 2016 and 2021. It finds that challenges included providing support for socially isolated people and adequately resourcing those programmes. However, most pilots reported positive outcomes for decision makers, adding to the evidence base for claims to be made about the positive impact of supported decision making on the lives of people with disabilities. The pilots demonstrate that, internationally, there is an emerging set of programmes that seek to promote supported decision making incrementally through developing focussed community awareness and practice. While still small‐scale, time‐limited and experimental, with different levels of rigour in practice and evaluation, they provide some foundation and a preliminary evidence base for larger interventions and reforms in the future.

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confidence: 99%