"(a) Respect for
inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one's own
choices, and independence of persons;
(b) Non-discrimination;
(c) Full and effective
participation and inclusion in society;
(d) Respect for difference
and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and
humanity;
(e) Equality of opportunity;
(f) Accessibility;
(g) Equality between men
and women;
(h) Respect for the
evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of
children with disabilities to preserve their identities."
The use of guardians has expanded so greatly
that it now used often on those merely physically "incapacitated."
Persons who are disabled or elderly are not automatically
"incompetent" to "incapacitated," and thus may not even
need guardianship. These for profit guardians are really predators on these
vulnerable populations. Unethical lawyers and other "fiduciaries"
appointed by the courts are meant to protect their wards, but many of whom
become nothing more than abusers. Wards, instead of being protected by the
court system, are victimized by it with the judge rarely even speaking to the
ward and strangers making decisions in closed rooms in secret often without
informing the ward or the ward's family. Strangers are given total and absolute
control of life, liberty, and property of their wards.
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