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Honoring Choices Minnesota

Please visit Honoring Choices Minnesota. Minnesota Public Television, TPT, invited the Council to participate in this public education project about end of life conversations.

Hear what parents have to say:
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The Green Line
She taught her kids about death through a video game analogy.
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Family Surgery
Through several surgeries, her family has developed a strong open dialogue.		 Honoring Choices Clip16
Revisit
She is skeptical about legal forms because circumstances change.		 Honoring Choices Clip23
Turning Off
Life Support
He has been involved in a life support decision for several of his family members.
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Gather Info
Making informed decisions rather than emotional decisions.		 Honoring Choices Clip29
Unplugged
Conversations became more important in her family after her daughter's death.		 Honoring Choices Clip31
Take Care Of Children
Making plans for guardians.		 Honoring Choices Clip32
No One But Us
Worried about who would take care of their child.
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In Heaven
Her children understand death through a religious context.		 Honoring Choices Clip36
Angry With Religion
Turned to religion for help after turning away from religion for nineteen years		 Honoring Choices Clip46
Child Before Parents
He and his wife discussed who would take care of their child if they were to die.		 Honoring Choices Clip47
An Unemotional Time
Her family didn't have a conversation until it was too late. Now she knows to have it early.
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After Care
She experienced the loss of a child and got a first-hand look at the after effects of such a loss.		 Honoring Choices Clip53
Outliving A Child
As a parent of a medically impaired son, she prepared for his inevitable early passing.		  

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The GCDD is funded under the provisions of P.L. 106-402. The federal law also provides funding to the Minnesota Disability Law Center, the state Protection and Advocacy System, and to the Institute on Community Integration, the state University Center for Excellence. The Minnesota network of programs works to increase the IPSII of people with developmental disabilities and families into community life.

This project was supported, in part by grant number 2401MNSCDD, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

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