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Supported decision making for families and carers

How to help someone you support decide what they want to do, without making the choice for them.
Who is it for?
Family and carers, Professionals
What is it about?
Supported decision making, How professionals, family and carers can respect health rights, Health rights
Who made it?
Women With Disabilities Australia
When was it made?
It was created
2 years ago
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Because it was made with people with intellectual disability.

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Supported decision making guide

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This guide is about supported decision making. 

This is when you help someone make an important decision. 

You help someone decide what they want to do. 

You do not make the decision for them. 

The guide explains  

  • How supported decision making can help 
  •  What to do before you start supported decision making 

This guide is on a website called Neve.  

Neve was written by Women With Disabilities Australia. 

This guide to is on a website called Neve. Neve was written by Women With Disabilities Australia.

The guide says that when you use supported decision‑making, you help someone decide what they want to do.

You do not make the decision for them.

The guide explains how you can support someone's right to choose by helping them to:

  • get and understand the information they need
  • think about the different choices they have
  • make a choice even if you disagree with what they choose
  • tell other people about their decision.

You might not always agree with the choices made by the person you care for or support. But you should support their decision unless it puts people in danger.

You can read Neve's guide to supported decision making in Easy Read or Plain English. 

Supported decision making in Plain English neve-plainenglish.wwda.org.au

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We trust this resource because it is:

  • Made with people with intellectual disability
  • Made to help, not for profit
  • Made by people who know a lot about the topic
  • Made in Australia

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Women With Disabilities Australia

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is the national Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) and National Women’s Alliance (NWA) for women, girls, and -diverse people with disabilities in Australia.