PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Person-Centred Planning, Intellectual Disability, Child Neglect
1 Jul 2016
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The purpose is not to examine all aspects of consent and competence but rather how this issue impacts on persons and society. In law: mental incapacity suggests that the person is not able to make legal binding decisions. Incompetency tends to suggest a more global inability. They may be competent to make some decisions but not others: in turn one must be competent in order to give consent. The arc and aaidd noted that appointing a guardian is serious for at least two reasons: Transfers their rights of autonomy to another person. Guardianship: is a court action in which someone alleges that the person with the disability cannot give consent. The aaidd and arc emphasize that there should be a pre assumption of competence and less intrusive alternatives to guardianship. She stressed that is not something to be take lightly or sought because once they turn 18 they are a legal adult.
