Guardianship of a person who because of physical and mental deficiencies are unable to take care of himself or his property. If a court or under section 14 of the National Trust Act, the Local Level Committee finds that a Persons with Disabilities who have been provided support is still unable to take legally binding decisions, he or she may be provided with the support of a legal guardian who may take decisions on the PwD's behalf.

Supported decision making (SDM) is a tool that allows people with disabilities to retain their decision-making capacity by choosing supporters to help them make choices. The supporters agree to help the person with a disability understand, consider, and communicate decisions, giving a person with a disability the tools to make her own, informed, decisions.

Some of the elements of the session will be:

- Why Guardianship?

- Who are the Guardians or supporters?

- Supported decision making.

- How the Guardianship certificate is given?

- Tools to ‘make my choice’ and informed decision making

Mashavara 15.0 is bringing you a way forward for Legal Guardianship and Supported Decision Making for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

The episode features Our Special Experts:

Ms Poonam Natarajan

Former Chairperson,

National Trust

Founder Vidya Sagar

Mr. Umesh Kumar Shukla

Program Director,

National Trust

Ms M UmmulKhair

Coordinator of Disability legislation unit and

Free legal aid for people with disabilities

Ms Smitha Sadasivan

Coordinator,

Trust Enabled Decisions &

Support Systems, Vidya Sagar

The session shall be presided by:

Dr Nimesh G Desai

Director, IHBAS and

President, Manovikas Charitable Society