How are we reclaiming our rights? How are we redefining support? How are we ensuring that care never means control?
For #WhatWeNeed 2025, Tina Minkowitz reflects on what a true human rights–based care and support agenda should look like. She challenges systems that still allow involuntary treatment and institutionalization, insisting that autonomy and legal capacity must remain at the center of every policy and practice.
Through her words, she reminds us that support must never replace self-determination — that people with psychosocial disabilities are the authors of their own lives, not objects of care. Her reflections call for ending segregation, investing in community-based support, and honoring the inherent dignity and equality of every person.
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