By Anita Chaplin, an LLB student at the University of Adelaide, with a strong interest interest in disability rights, including legal issues associated with guardianship. Guardianship occurs under a legal order giving a guardian power to make decisions about a ‘protected’ person’s life, including medical and accommodation decisions. According to human rights law, as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, all persons with disa