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Understanding Disability Discrimination: Your Rights and How to Take Action
Social Engagement > Discrimination

Understanding Disability Discrimination: Your Rights and How to Take Action

By Chloe Davis
...non-disabled patients, provider bias that affects medical decision-making,...non-disabled patients, provider bias that affects medical decision-making,...patients, provider bias that affects medical decision-making,...
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
Research > Funding

Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions

By Kelsey James
...has its own budget, priorities, and decision-making process. Autism research receives...budget, priorities, and decision-making process. Autism research receives...with advocacy infrastructure than medical need. Within each condition's funding...entire knowledge base informing their decisions. If you think of research funding...
Supported Decision-Making vs. Guardianship: What Every Parent Should Know Before Their Child Turns 18
Parenting > Adulthood

Supported Decision-Making vs. Guardianship: What Every Parent Should Know Before Their Child Turns 18

By Nora Bloom
...Supported decision-making doesn't....decision-making doesn't....framework for making decisions...for making decisions together,...their own decisions. The court...to make decisions on their...behalf. Those decisions can include...live, what medical treatment...removes all decision-making rights....decision-making rights. Limited...can't make decisions, and assigns...assigns those decisions to someone...
Healthcare Decision-Making Rights: From Informed Consent to Guardianship Alternatives
Legal > Healthcare

Healthcare Decision-Making Rights: From Informed Consent to Guardianship Alternatives

By Amelia Scott
...make her own medical decisions,...own medical decisions, and you're...Healthcare decision-making rights...Healthcare decision-making rights for...can make all medical decisions independently...all medical decisions independently...It's which decisions they can make,...consent to medical treatment....the specific decision in front of...communicate a decision? Someone might...
Healthcare Rights for People with Disabilities: Your Complete Legal Guide
Legal > Healthcare

Healthcare Rights for People with Disabilities: Your Complete Legal Guide

By Amelia Scott
...can't help with medical needs. When you...insurance coverage decisions. The ADA and Section...HIPAA protects medical privacy but doesn't...doesn't grant decision-making authority....grant decision-making authority. Having...insurance coverage decisions. HIPAA gives you...right to make medical decisions for someone...to make medical decisions for someone else....
Guardianship vs Supported Decision-Making: How to Choose the Right Option When Your Child Turns 18
Financial > Financial Planning

Guardianship vs Supported Decision-Making: How to Choose the Right Option When Your Child Turns 18

By James Williams
...to make decisions on your...see, what medical care they...supported decision-making....decision-making. What Supported...Supported Decision-Making Is....Decision-Making Is. Supported...Supported decision-making (SDM)...decision-making (SDM) is...them make decisions. The supporters...don't make decisions for your...before making a big decision....making a big decision. The difference...living decisions. Your child...
To Disclose or Not: Making the Interview Disclosure Decision That's Right for You
Career > Interviewing

To Disclose or Not: Making the Interview Disclosure Decision That's Right for You

By Liam Richardson
...answer and still spend weeks second-guessing the decision, because the harder part is strategic: when does...offer is on the table, the employer can require a medical examination, but only if they require the same...role. After you're hired, they can only request medical information if it's directly job-related and consistent...
Prenatal Testing – the Abortion Pact
Health > Diagnosis

Prenatal Testing – the Abortion Pact

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...it. I was going write about the difficulty in making a decision when you simply don't know. You don't...was going write about the difficulty in making a decision when you simply don't know. You don't know what...You don't know if the science is sound or what medical interventions will come. There are no crystal balls....
Adopting a Child with Special Needs
Parenting > Adulthood

Adopting a Child with Special Needs

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...for the child and access to medical care, early intervention,...personal experiences when making this decision. They may be...experiences when making this decision. They may be raising a biological...occupation may also impact on their decision, e.g. a nurse may feel comfortable...comfortable with a child with medical issues, while a teacher feels...
Transitions: Honesty Is the Best Policy
Lifestyle > Independence

Transitions: Honesty Is the Best Policy

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...questions and giving choices: making sure a child has enough information...results and consequences of bad decisions, how can they make good ones?...children early on about their medical conditions and to be honest...facts and details about their medical conditions, including care...coming from, this is not a wise decision in the long run. How can his...
Guardianship and Developmental Disabilities
Legal > Advocacy

Guardianship and Developmental Disabilities

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Surrogate Decision Making for People...Surrogate Decision Making for People with...financial, and medical decisions for...and medical decisions for herself,...residential decisions for her. Susie,...financial and medical affairs now that...financial, and medical decisions for...and medical decisions for him. Guardianship...someone to make decisions for a person...
Planning for Health Care Decision Making
Legal > Healthcare

Planning for Health Care Decision Making

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...health care decision making includes...care decision making includes two...health care decisions. What are Advance...members and medical professionals...with respect to medical decisions. Once...respect to medical decisions. Once a trusted...The Need Medical science has improved...health care decisions. The courts...health care decisions for...

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