We have often noted how our work at SDMNY is premised on the human right of legal capacity, as enunciated… Continue reading THE UNITED NATIONS GIVES A SHOUT-OUT TO SDMNY, AND A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO FORGE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
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Empowering Decisions: Highlights from SDMNY’s Journey in 2024
A Year of Growth and Impact: Every year we look back on what we’ve accomplished in the past 12 months…. Continue reading Empowering Decisions: Highlights from SDMNY’s Journey in 2024
SDM AND SDMNY “Facilitate” Change in a Provider Agency Partner
We often note that the facilitation process is truly transformative for everyone involved, Decision-Maker, supporters, and even the facilitator. A… Continue reading SDM AND SDMNY “Facilitate” Change in a Provider Agency Partner
First State-Wide SDM Forum Held in Saratoga Springs
This week marked another step forward in our OPWDD-funded facilitation delivery model implementation plan as representatives from partner agencies gathered… Continue reading First State-Wide SDM Forum Held in Saratoga Springs
Bringing Community Care Organizations (CCOs) on Board
From the beginning of our current implementation project we have believed that CCOs have an important role to play in… Continue reading Bringing Community Care Organizations (CCOs) on Board
SDMNY Enters the National Conversation on new AAIDD Goals for National Health Equity
Louisville may be best known as the home of the Kentucky Derby, but last week it hosted an event of… Continue reading SDMNY Enters the National Conversation on new AAIDD Goals for National Health Equity
An Especially Exciting Restoration of Rights
From the beginning, one of SDMNY’s charges has been to pilot a facilitation process culminating in an SDMA as a… 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 Support
Every April the Sagamore Hotel in Bolton Landing, NY hosts a gathering of the largest group of people involved in… 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 Capacity
In 2020 the Mexican Supreme Court commissioned a study on the jurisprudence and implementation of the human right of 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 Law
Guardianship laws have existed in the U.S for centuries, and in the world, for millenia. Here in New York, Surrogates… Continue reading A New Attempt to Reform an Outmoded Guardianship Law