How will this reform change the lives of people with disabilities and older persons in Mexico? We hope and expect it will change lives for the better, by empowering people with disabilities and older persons to make decisions by themselves, with support if they so choose. Until now, people with intellectual or developmental disabilities were deemed incapable of deciding the most basic things, like where to live or with whom. So, many of them were put under legal guardianship, meaning that a
In a landmark victory for people with disabilities and older people, Mexican President Manuel López Obrador signed into law a major reform bill this summer, establishing full legal capacity and the right to supported decision making for everyone 18 years and older.