Abstract
The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities calls for a shift from substituted decision-making to supported decision-making to address the right to legal capacity of persons with disabilities. This article briefly explores the current challenges that persons with disabilities placed under guardianship are facing; explains the role of human rights theory in the shift from substituted to supported decision-making; and analyzes how theology claims that people with disabilities are living images of God and are subjects with rights. By keeping in mind this aspiration of the Church and the UN Convention, this article suggests that Christian communities should promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities; should empower persons with disabilities so that they can express their will and preferences; and, more importantly, should build communities around persons with disabilities that are based on solidarity and friendship.
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