
Media Coverage
Explore media coverage on Supported Decision-Making (SDM), SDM4FL, our coalition members, and our efforts to pass an SDM Law in Florida.
MTV News, September 30, 2021
Not Just Britney: Conservatorships & Disability Rights | MTV Impact
Our Co-Chair Michael Lincoln-McCreight was interviewed in a piece about the need for guardianship reform. Watch him at 4:03.
BuzzFeed News, September 17, 2021
BEYOND BRITNEY: ABUSE, EXPLOITATION, AND DEATH INSIDE AMERICA’S GUARDIANSHIP INDUSTRY
Our Co-Chair spoke to Buzzfeed News. “People with disabilities in our society are treated as if they were children, sometimes as if they were villains, when really they are just people,” the disability rights lawyer Viviana Bonilla López said. “We all deserve to decide what happens with our own lives and our own bodies. That’s fundamental.”

BuzzFeed News, September 20, 2021
“MY HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED”: FIGHTING A FAMILY CONSERVATORSHIP
Our Co-Chair spoke to BuzzFeed News about how guardianships are imposed even when family members do not understand its implications. “Years later they regret it,” said attorney Viviana Bonilla López, who recalled a 10-minute hearing granting a parent guardianship over an adult son. Afterward, the parent asked an attorney when they could register the son to vote, not understanding that he had just lost that right.

Teen Vogue, June 25, 2021
Britney Spears's Conservatorship Is a Disability Rights Issue That Deserves More Attention
Our coalition member Haley Moss wrote an Op-Ed for Teen Vogue on the dangers of guardianship and the need for alternatives like SDM. "Everyone should be able to control who has a say in their life, and to make decisions on their own terms. To free Britney is to free all of us."
