2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
6/21/2017 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | My Voice Counts: Alternatives to Guardianship | Boardroom
My Voice Counts: Alternatives to Guardianship
Supported Decision-Making is just a fancy way to describe the way we all make decisions. We may ask our sister, a tax accountant, about filing our taxes or our brother, who is a nurse, about medical information. Just because we have to seek more information does not mean we are not capable of making a decision. People with disabilities are no different and have the same rights as everyone else. They dream, love, fear, cry and are sometimes confused about the world around them. Sound familiar? During this presentation, self-advocates, family members and professionals will discuss the differences between guardianship and alternatives to guardianship like the supported decision-making model. Participants will gain real life tools to assist when developing circles of support, directing their own service plans and how the support decision model can assist with medical, financial, housing, educations and personal decisions.
- Participants will become familiar with the differences between legal Guardianship and Supported Decision Making strategies
- Self-advocates and those who support people with developmental disabilities will learn real life strategies for developing a support network to help with life decisions
- Resources will be identified to access important legal documents that support the Supported Decision Making model
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Presenters/Authors
Eric Stoker
(), Advocates as Leaders, Self Advocate Speaker's Network, estoker@utah.gov;
Mr. Eric Stoker, Ms Kayci Lynam, Ms. Tamera Dalton and Ms. Kelly Holt are all self advocates that not only promote self determination but lead a self determined life. Each of these individuals are highly trained speakers and have spoken throughout the United States on a variety of subjects that effect the lives of people with disabilities.
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Eric Stoker
(), Advocates as Leaders, Self Advocacy Speaker's Network, estoker@utah.gov;
Mr. Eric Stoker lives with his family in West Jordan Utah and is the information specialist for the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council. He has served on the Utah Parent Center Board of Directors, People First of Utah Board of Directors and the Consumer Advisory Council at Utah State University representing the voice of self-advocates. Eric has spoken nationwide about issues that affect people with disabilities, autism and his life experiences. He received the Champion of Equal Opportunity Award from the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities in 2014. In his free time, he is a huge basketball fan and attends Utah Utes Basketball and football games with his family. He is also one of the assistant managers of West Jordan High School’s basketball team. He is an avid train buff and has amazing knowledge about the past and current railroad systems in Utah and throughout the United States.
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Kayci Lynam
(), Advocates as Leaders, Self Advocacy Speaker's Network, cowgirl4ever89@gmail.com;
Ms. Kayci Lynam currently living in Bluffdale, Utah with her mother, stepfather and brother. She began developing her own advocacy skills in 2008 as a member of the very first People First Chapter in her school and has not stopped since then. In 2011, the Governor of Utah appointed her a member of the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council and currently holds the position of Vice Chair. For many years, she also lent her expertise to the Committee on Accessible Transportation, a citizen advisory committee with the Utah Transit Authority. Kayci has spoken throughout the United States about a variety of issues that affect people with disabilities. Kayci loves sports and with all of her gold & bronze medals truly demonstrates her great athletic ability in both bowling and basketball.
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