Support Without Courts @SupportWOCourts

.@GavinNewsom, today’s a good day to sign #AB1663! We all need a support system in our lives. The Court shouldn’t be the first stop for disabled folx when decisions are being made. #SupportNotCourt @CAgovernor

Disability Voices United @DisabilityVU

3 years ago

.@GavinNewsom, today’s a good day to sign #AB1663! We all need a support system in our lives. The Court shouldn’t be the first stop for disabled folx when decisions are being made. #SupportNotCourt @CAgovernor

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Hey #SenApprosCom @SenToniAtkins - Pass #AB1663, now! The system needs reform #NOW. @Portantino Please #VoteForAB1663 @SenatorPatBates @SteveBradford @SenBrianJones @sydneykamlager @SenJohnLaird @BobWieckowskiCA #HumanRights #CivilRights #SupportWithoutCourts #AB1663

Thank you @latimesopinion for helping shine a light on abusive conservatorships and supporting #AB1663 in the California Legislature. @Portantino @SenToniAtkins - lives are at stake! Pass #AB1663 now! #YesOnAB1663 #BeyondBritney #SupportWithoutCourts latimes.com/opinion/story/…

People with disabilities and elders deserve to keep their dignity and their civil liberties. #AB1663 helps make that a reality. #CaLeg and @Portantino must #PassAB1663!

Join #FreeBritney, @DisabilityVU, @alzassociation and Britney Spears’ attorney Matthew Rosengart to help stop abusive conservatorships. #CAleg #PassAB1663

The urgent need for conservatorship reform is #BeyondBritney. We must act now to stop all conservatorship abuse! Support #AB1663 in the #CAleg Senate Appropriations Committee. @Portantino

32 years after the ADA, there are still many battles left to fight. This is one of them. Join the fight at supportwithoutcourts.org.

#AB1663, championed by @BMaienschein, aims to reform the probate conservatorship system so conservatorships are easier to exit, makes the court consider the preferences of a conserved person, and writes SDM into law. This crucial civil rights bill offers us #SupportNotCourts.

And there's little awareness of other methods of support, like #SupportedDecisionMaking (SDM), which gives people with disabilities the chance to get #SupportWithoutCourts... just like people without disabilities.

In probate conservatorships, our right to make decisions for ourselves about our housing, our healthcare, our social and romantic relationships, our finances, our education, and more can be taken away, with very little oversight and slim chances of ever getting rights back.

32 years after the ADA was passed, people with disabilities (and people perceived to have disabilities) are still exclusively targeted for probate conservatorship.

So, in other words, the ADA is a crucial civil rights bill that gives people with disabilities some protections in public. When it comes to fighting structural ableism, the ADA is a starting point - not the finish line.

But what exactly is the ADA, and what does it do? In short, it's a civil rights law that attempts to make sure we as disabled people have the same rights and opportunities in public as everyone else. For more, watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=TuZadM…

Today is the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It took years of advocacy and days of direct action, like the Capitol Crawl pictured here, to pass this vital civil rights legislation: vimeo.com/328233990

2/2: @ACLU’s @ZoeBrennanKrohn testified that #AB1663 is a “critical civil rights and disability rights bill. It recognizes supported decision making in law for the first time in this state.” Learn more about #AB1663 and supported decision making here: supportwithoutcourts.org

1/2: #AB1663 received strong support in the #CALeg Senate Judiciary Committee today! We thank bill author @BMaienschein for his leadership on this groundbreaking civil rights legislation. #SupportWithoutCourts @DisabilityVU

#AB1663 has passed the Senate Judiciary committee 11-0! Thank you to @BMaienschein for your continued championing of this crucial civil rights bill for people with disabilities. Everyone deserves the right to #supportwithoutcourts!

Tim Jin, @DisabilityVU Assistant Director of Communications Rights Projects: "There are so many different options to maintain the safety of your loved ones while keeping the courts out of their lives." #ab1663 #supportwithoutcourts

Tim Jin, @DisabilityVU Assistant Director of Communications Rights Projects: "It never made sense to me or my parents. Why take away someone’s rights in order to protect them? "

AB 1663 is before the Senate Judiciary Committee right now! @BMaienschein: "If a Court is going to restrict someone’s civil liberties, it is imperative it be done as a last resort." We totally agree! #supportwithoutcourts #ab1663