Spectrum Institute

SIGN MARKERS

The Route to Conservatorship Reform

For the past eight years, Spectrum Institute has been showing judges, lawmakers, administrators, disability rights advocates, and conservatorship reform activists the way forward. The sign markers we have placed along the route have included conference materials, administrative complaints, public meeting presentations, policy reports, guidebooks, legal commentaries, amicus curiae briefs, letters, and webinars. We have identified the flaws and fixes. We have matched the solutions with the officials who have the jurisdiction to adopt and implement them. We have literally handed conservatorship reform advocates a template for change titled “A Path Forward.” Yet, although we have led people to the refreshing water […]

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MENTAL HEALTH REPORT

MEDICAL RIGHTS 2

Stop Medical Discrimination

Spectrum Institute has produced a new report for the Alternatives to Guardianship Project.  The report comments on a proposed rule by the federal Health and […]

JUDICIAL EDUCATION

BOOK REVIEW

A Call for Guardianship Reform

We’re Here to Help is very well written. The book is both easy to read and well documented. The author provides readers with a snapshot […]

MEDICAL RIGHTS

Medical Decision Making

The September 2023 issue of Helen includes an article written by Thomas F. Coleman, executive director of Spectrum Institute and legal consultant to the Alternatives […]

MISSOURI PROJECT