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  1. Program and Policy Areas

    … every person has the right to make choices and control the decisions in their lives. This right to self-determination includes decisions about where to live, decisions about work, and all the other daily decisions most …

  2. Webinar: Person-Centered Supports in Popular Culture

    … also influence our judgment of caregiving practices, decision-making procedures, types and levels of accommodations for …

  3. Make Sure People with Disabilities Are Included in Clinical Trials: Comment Period Open, Workshop Video and Slides Now Available

    … important to this discussion and can impact clinical trial decision making in the future! Note About Accommodations Closed …

  4. SHIPs Help Americans Make the Most of their Medicare Options

    … will give you the information you need to make the right decision." Mary Dueno agreed. She had heard about VICAP … adults and people with disabilities to make more informed decisions about their healthcare and realize the promise of …

  5. Beyond the Conversation: Putting “Nothing About Us Without Us” into Action

    … We must also take action so that all people with I/DD are making their own decisions, living the lives they want, and fully … to vote – and about alternatives to guardianship, like  supported decision-making . These young people then become …

  6. Bringing Olmstead to Life: Celebrating 25th Anniversary of the Landmark Disability Rights Supreme Court Case

    … the Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead v L.C.  This historic decision affirmed the value of the lives and contributions … – and to work with Sue as she dedicated her career to making the promise of Olmstead a reality. On Thursday, ACL … have an entire generation that was born since the Olmstead decision; a generation that has always had the right to …

  7. Making Disability Rights History: HHS Announces Powerful Anti-Discrimination Protections

    … Making Disability Rights History: HHS Announces Powerful … in medical care and ensures that medical treatment decisions are not based on biases or stereotypes about … a person without a disability. These include, for example, decisions about life-sustaining treatment, organ …

  8. Aging and Disability Resource Centers

    … counseling and assistance; empower people to make informed decisions about their long-term services and supports; and …

  9. A Person-Centered Approach to Advanced Illness

    … has the right to make choices and to control their own decisions. This right is independent of age or disability. … and place individual choices at the center of treatment decisions—whether the decision involves avoiding unwanted treatments or providing …

  10. ACL’s COVID-19 Resources: What’s New

    … has developed new resources to help families with difficult decisions about online and in-person learning. Resources include a school re-entry fact sheet and a school decision making tool . Expanding access to telehealth: The Centers …

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