Recent News
- We Welcome Naomi Brickel, SDMNY’s New Project Director!On [12/30/2022, GN] we noted the coming transition of leadership at SDMNY and introduced you briefly to our new Director, Naomi Brickel. Now that she’s actually begun, we thought you might want to hear from her directly, and understand why we are so thrilled that she’s taken the job! Here’s Naomi, in her own words…… Continue reading We Welcome Naomi Brickel, SDMNY’s New Project Director!
- Independent Report Shows That Providing Supported Decision-Making Facilitation to All will Bring Substantial SavingsWe are coming toward the end of the first year of our 3-year OPWDD grant and are excited at how well it is going. We are designing and will soon begin testing a model by which the State could provide facilitation services to everyone who wants them. But, of course, the model we create, however… Continue reading Independent Report Shows That Providing Supported Decision-Making Facilitation to All will Bring Substantial Savings
- Supported Decision-Making Agreement (SDMA) Bill Signed by the Governor Kathy HochulThis past Tuesday was the 32nd anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), widely considered the civil rights act for people with disabilities. There is no doubt that this is a milestone worth celebrating, but while the ADA has resulted in game-changing advances for many people with disabilities, it has had… Continue reading Supported Decision-Making Agreement (SDMA) Bill Signed by the Governor Kathy Hochul
- TRULY GREAT GOOD NEWS: SDMA LEGISLATION PASSES!When we first got our grant from DDPC, one of the goals was to create an evidentiary base for SDM legislation; that is, we needed to show that SDM facilitation could work so that our legislators could pass a law that said If you have an SDMA made through a process of facilitation that we… Continue reading TRULY GREAT GOOD NEWS: SDMA LEGISLATION PASSES!
- SDMA Law Passes the State Senate UnanimouslyWhen SDMNY began almost 6 years ago, one of its jobs was to develop an evidentiary base for an SDMA statute—that is, a law that would both encourage the use of SDM and SDMAs, and prevent third parties like healthcare providers, financial institutions, landlords, etc. from discriminating against people with I/DD by refusing to accept… Continue reading SDMA Law Passes the State Senate Unanimously