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Supported decision-making is when someone helps you make important decisions about:
- your life
- how you will live.
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It could be a:
- family member or relative
- close friend
- carer
- guardian – a person who makes decisions for another person.
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We need to know who is important in someone’s life so we:
- know who to work with
- can make the right decisions.
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Good support means offering support to work out decisions based on:
- the person and what’s important to them
- what’s important for their health and wellbeing.
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Good support comes from choosing the best person to support you.
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Everyone has important people in their life.
People we:
- like
- respect
- love.
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We use these people for support when we need to make important decisions.
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They can offer us their point of view based on how well they know us.
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We choose certain people depending on the decision we have to make.
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You might get help from:
- family
- friends
- people you work with
- professionals – people whose job is to help.
If you want to give someone the right decision-making support, you need to:
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- work together
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- really listen and hear what is important to them.
This is:
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- a basic human right
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- what self-direction is all about.
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN Convention) is an international agreement.
It applies all around the world.
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The UN Convention sets out the rights of people with disability.
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At WAiS, we work to develop a practical approach to supported decision-making.
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We work together with:
- people
- families
- the disability sector.
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We share what we learn through a range of resources.
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Our resources are accessible and freely available.
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We’ve also made some videos that you can watch below.