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  2. A Complete Guide to Adult Guardianship - AOL

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    Continue reading → The post A Complete Guide to Adult Guardianship appeared first on SmartAsset Blog. But there are some cases where a person needs help making legal and financial decisions.

  3. Legal guardian - Wikipedia

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    Adult guardian (성년후견인): If an adult chronically lacks the mental competence to manage their own matters due to illness, disability, old age, or other conditions, a Korean court may appoint an adult guardian. This type of guardianship in Korea gives near total power over the ward to the Adult Guardian.

  4. Conservatorship - Wikipedia

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    Adult guardian (성년후견인): If an adult chronically lacks the mental competence to manage their own matters due to illness, disability, old age, or other conditions, a Korean court may appoint an adult guardian. This type of guardianship in Korea gives near total power over the ward to the Adult Guardian.

  5. Supported decision making - Wikipedia

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    The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, [7] Arc of the United States, [9] the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), [10] and the National Disability Rights Network [11] advocate supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship. The position of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network is that guardianships deprive people of the right to make ...

  6. Dignity of risk - Wikipedia

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    Many disability advocates argue for the replacement of guardianship with supported decision making, where people with disabilities make their own decisions with support and accommodations. [18] Overprotection of people with disabilities causes low self-esteem and underachievement because of lowered expectations that come with overprotection ...

  7. Cook County Public Guardian - Wikipedia

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    The Office of the Cook County Public Guardian is a governmental office in the U.S. state of Illinois set up to act as the legal guardian when needed of disabled adults, as well as to act as attorneys and guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children in Cook County. The Public Guardian's Office employs around 400 personnel, including ...