WAiS Events

Exploring Risk within a Human Rights Framework People with a disability who require support, particularly when making decisions, may be at more at risk of being protected in a way that removes their rights as citizens. There is increasing emphasis on risk management procedures to identify, prevent and respond to any adverse event experienced by […]

Supported Decision Making People need to be able to exercise their rights. Our focus moves from asking whether a person has legal capacity or not, to asking what support does a person need. When people need support with communication and decision making, in the past it's been seen as their problem. The social model of […]

Person centred planning is the collective term for a family of planning styles (Mount 1992): Discovering who people are Actively searching for a person gifts and capacities in the context of community life Strengthening the voice of the person Defining desirable changes people want and/or need MAPS and PATH are person centred planning tools that […]