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Disability Rights Florida Announces New Executive Director
TALLAHASSEE, June 18, 2020 — Disability Rights Florida (DRF), the State’s designated protection and advocacy system for individuals with disabilities is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Sleasman as Executive Director. Sleasman is an attorney and brings 35 years’ experience in federal civil rights litigation and disability law, as…
Concepts of Self
Disability Rights Florida (DRF) and our staff are proponents of Supported Decision Making (SDM). Supported Decision-Making is an alternative to guardianship which allows persons with disabilities to better understand, consider, and communicate decisions that impact their lives. (CARD, 2018) The Texas Legislature in 2015 defined Supported Decision-Making in statute as:…
Restoration of Rights
Guardianship and Guardian Advocacy are two legal ways that a person with a disability can lose their civil rights and have another person appointed to exercise them on their behalf. Under guardianship, a Guardian is appointed after a person is deemed incapacitated based in part on an evaluation done by…
Types of Guardianship
Guardianship is when a person loses or gives up some or all of their civil rights and those rights are given to another person to carry out on their behalf. The rights that a person can lose include the right to: contract, vote, travel, marry, work, consent to treatment, sue…
What Is Guardianship?
If a court finds that a person does not have the ability to safely manage the things that belong to them and/or meet their basic health, safety, and self-care needs, the court will rule that this person is incapacitated. In many cases, after a court decides that a person is…
What Are the Alternatives to Guardianship?
If you can receive important information and use that information to safely make and communicate decisions about your life, you probably do not need a guardianship. By using the guidance, advice, and support that is offered through the various alternatives to guardianship, you can keep your freedom to live as…