Supported Decision Making – a National Conversation Hui
Save the Date! Supported Decision Making – a National Conversation Hui 20 & 21 April 2016
Auckland Disability Law in partnership with the Office of Disability Issues and the Ministry of Social Development’s Think Differently Fund is hosting a National Conversation hui about supported decision making (SDM) in April. SDM makes sure disabled people can make choices about their own lives. Effective SDM helps to ensure disabled people have the same rights as everybody else.
We invite you to be part of this important event and to save these dates.
Who is the Conversation hui for:
• Disabled people, people living with dementia and
their supporters, and family/whanau
• DPOs, disability
service providers, community organisations and their
staff
• Legal and health professionals
• Anyone
who has an interest in SDM.
The Conversation hui will
discuss:
• What SDM is and why it is
important
• SDM as a human right and Article 12 of
United Nations Convention on the
Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (UNCRPD)
• What is happening in New
Zealand about SDM
• Legal processes around
SDM
• People’s right to make their own decisions, and
what it takes to make SDM work for people
• Practical
publications and resources available to help SDM.
Things
you need to know now:
• The Conversation will be held
in Auckland 20 & 21 April 2016
• It is being held at
Waipuna Hotel, Mt Wellington, Auckland
• Registration
will be open by 4 March 2016 (We will contact you again when
registration is open).
Please let us know by emailing us
at info@adl.org.nz by 22 February 2016 if
you will:
• need accessible accommodation at Waipuna
Hotel
• require accommodation in Auckland close to
the
venue.
ENDS