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Supported Decision-Making Service for Persons with Disabilities | Service Model
The Human Rights Center for People with Disabilitis
This document is an English translation of an identical document published in 2016. It contains
three parts: art, the background, provides a brief overview of the need to develop a
supported decision-making service. art, the model, is the core of the document and
includes many elements: the vision and guiding values, the support outline and ethical principles
and dilemmas that arise around the issue of support. includes annexes that provide
additional information about various aspects of the model: a description of the pilot, an overview
of the new law regarding supported decision-making and a discussion of the need to adjust the
model to groups with particular characteristics. We have translated the relevant annexes to English
as well.
Persons with disabilities and their family members have referred to the day that the amendment to
the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law passed as their Independence Day. We hope that these
independence day celebrations break new ground and usher in a reality of support for choice,
liberty and self-fulfilment for persons with disabilities.
I wish to thank all our partners on this special journey. In particular, I would like to extend my
gratitude to the 22 pilot participants, who agreed to be the first to take the plunge, to the first class
of eleven decision supporters in Israel, and finally, to the small and dedicated Bizchut team.
Yotam Tolub
Bizchut Executive Director