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Supported Decision Making – a Parent’s Perspective
Supported Decision Making (SDM) can provide people with disability opportunities to assess life situations and make decisions, with needed support. In this article, Janice Fitzgerald gives a parent’s perspective on SDM.
When Janice’s son John was a young child, she lived in constant fear for his future. She later learnt that fear and love are incompatible. When living with fear, decisions are likely made to control a situation, whilst decisions grounded in care and love lead to sound judgments. Care and love are two of the most important qualities for effective Supported Decision Making.
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