On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution hosted disability rights experts at a hearing tomorrow on “Toxic Conservatorships: The Need for Reform.” Morgan K. Whitlatch, Legal Director at Quality Trust, testified on the need for increased due process protections, the dismantling of the pipelines to overbroad and undue guardianship and conservatorship, and the advancement of supported decision-making.
The hearing also included testimony of Nick Clouse. Nick worked with Indiana Disability Rights, a former 2018 NRC-SDM state grantee, to successfully get his guardianship terminated nearly a decade after his traumatic brain injury. He testified about his experience with an overly restrictive guardianship, saying: “I could make medical appointments for my daughter but was not allowed to make them for myself.”
Video clips of other people with disabilities impacted by guardianship or who use supported decision-making were also shown at the hearing. Do you want to share a written statement or video for possible posting? Please email them to jhjp@dcqualitytrust.org.
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- Tim Jin (California)
- Jordyn Zimmerman (Ohio)
- Ron Seay (Texas)
- Linda Warren (Texas)
- Kristi Magill (Texas)
- Marie Bergum (California)
- Cindy Bentley (Wisconsin)
- Jordan Anderson (Wisconsin)
- Jennifer Kratch (Wisconsin)
- James Dryer (Michigan)
- Sarah Carmany (Michigan)
- Diana Willard (Missouri)
- Lisa Cabrera (Texas)
- Kalei Bulwinkle (Georgia)
- Donna Umfress (Texas)
- Judith Snedeger (Kentucky)
- Jenny Hatch (Virginia)
- Crystal Patton (Kentucky)
- Carrie Varner (North Dakota)
- Michael Lincoln-McCrieght (Florida)
- Cory Carlotto (Massachusetts)
- Robert Terry (New York)
- Diana Willard (Missouri)
Tim Jin
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tim-jin-testimony.mp4
Written Testimony: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tim-jin-testimony.pdf
Jordyn Zimmerman
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jordyn-zimmerman-testimony.mp4
Written Testimony: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jordyn-zimmerman-testimony.pdf
Ron Seay
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ron-seay-testimony.mp4
Linda Warren
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/linda-warren-testimony.mp4
Kristi Magill
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kristi-magill-testimony.mp4
Marie Bergum
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/marie-bergum-testimony%20.mp4
Written Testimony: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/marie-bergum-testimony.pdf
Suzanne Bennett Francisco Exceptional Rights Advocacy Testimony
Cindy Bentley
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cindy-bentley-testimony.mp4
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cindy-bentley-testimony.pdf
Jordan Anderson
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jordon-anderson-testimony.mp4
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jordon-anderson-testimony.pdf
Jennifer Kratch
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jennifer-kratch-testimony.pdf
James Dryer
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/james-dryer-testimony.pdf
Sarah Carmany
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sarah-carmany-testimony.pdf
Diana Willard
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/diana-willard-testimony.pdf
Lisa Cabrera
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/lisa-cabrera-testimony.mp4
Kalei Bulwinkle
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kalei-bulwinkinle-testimony.mp4
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kalei-bulwinkinle-testimony.pdf
Mother’s Statement: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/victoria-vermillion-kb-mother-testimony.pdf
Donna Umfress
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/donna-umfress-testimony.mp4
Judith Snedeger
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/judith-snedeger-testimony.mp4
Jenny Hatch
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jennny-hatch-testimony.mp4
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jennny-hatch-testimony.pdf
Crystal Patton
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/crustal-patton-testimony.mp4
Carrie Varner
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/carrie-varner-testimony.pdf
Michael Lincoln-McCrieght
Cory Carlotto
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cory-carlotto-testimony.mp4
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cory-carlotto-testimony.pdf
Robert Terry
Video: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/robert-terry-testimony.mp4
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/robert-terry-testimony.pdf
Diana Willard
Written: https://supporteddecisionmaking.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/diana-willard-testimony.pdf