Communities and Justice

Responsibility to support decision-making

Hing wants to know how he can support people with disability to make their own decisions if required.

Quiz question

"Where I think someone might be having difficulty making a decision, is there something I can do from my side to empower the person, including a person with disability, to increase their decision-making ability and legal capacity?"

What do you think is the correct answer?

  1. Encourage subsitute decision-making for people with disability.
  2. Support people, including with disability, to make their own decisions.
  3. Stop people from taking risks.

Open the accordian to find the correct answer.

Correct answer

2. Support people, including with disability, to make their own decisions.

Best practice can assist in ensuring that all people, including people with disability, enjoy decision-making ability and legal capacity for as many decisions as possible. Understanding and applying the information contained in the next part of this e-learning module will assist with this.

Last updated:

27 Nov 2024