Recent News
- An Especially Exciting Restoration of RightsFrom the beginning, one of SDMNY’s charges has been to pilot a facilitation process culminating in an SDMA as a means of terminating existing guardianships and restoring all the civil and legal rights that a 17-A guardianship removes. Over the years, we have been successful whenever one of our Decision-Makers has petitioned the Surrogate’s Court… Continue reading An Especially Exciting Restoration of Rights
- SDM and SDMNY Shine at State’s Largest Gathering of Persons in the I/DD Field; OPWDD Commissioner Expresses Strong SupportEvery April the Sagamore Hotel in Bolton Landing, NY hosts a gathering of the largest group of people involved in the I/DD field in the state, from provider agencies to Self-Advocates, parents and siblings to high level staff from OPWDD (some 30, by our count). This year’s 3-day conference, run by the New York Alliance… Continue reading SDM and SDMNY Shine at State’s Largest Gathering of Persons in the I/DD Field; OPWDD Commissioner Expresses Strong Support
- SDMNY’s Unique Accomplishments Shine In The New International Treatise On The Human Right Of Legal CapacityIn 2020 the Mexican Supreme Court commissioned a study on the jurisprudence and implementation of the human right of legal capacity around the world. The subsequent Report, covering numerous countries and geographic regions (which, of course, was in Spanish) has been translated into English and recently published as the definitive study of the subject, Legal… Continue reading SDMNY’s Unique Accomplishments Shine In The New International Treatise On The Human Right Of Legal Capacity
- A New Attempt to Reform an Outmoded Guardianship LawGuardianship laws have existed in the U.S for centuries, and in the world, for millenia. Here in New York, Surrogates Court Procedure Act(SCPA) Art. 17-A was passed in the late 1960’s, as a result of deinstitutionalization of people with I/DD after the Willowbrook scandal, and the advocacy of parents seeking to protect their adult children…. Continue reading A New Attempt to Reform an Outmoded Guardianship Law
- SDMNY Facilitation Independently Validated!Since the first group of Decision-Makers signed their SDMAs in 2018, we’ve known that our 3-phase facilitation process really works to enable them to make their own decisions with the support of trusted persons in their lives. We’ve heard, again and again, from Decision-Makers, their families and supporters, what a transformative experience the process was,… Continue reading SDMNY Facilitation Independently Validated!