{"id":22943,"date":"2025-03-17T15:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=22943"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:27:05","slug":"making-your-own-decisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/making-your-own-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Making your own decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-67dab81715cb4\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<p class=\"is-style-dcc-subheading\">Devon\u2019s SEND Local Offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making your own decisions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>When you reach the age of 16 and are no longer in compulsory education you can begin to make your own decisions. This can include taking control of your education, health and care plan if you are able to and preparing to live more independently.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-67dab81715d03\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-67dab81717174\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Making your own decisions<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-3 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/making-your-own-decisions\/your-rights\/\">Your rights<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Some information and resources about your rights under the Equality Act and how decisions about your care should be made.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/making-your-own-decisions\/the-mental-capacity-act\/\">The Mental Capacity Act<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>The Mental Capacity Act is important as you prepare for adult life &#8211; 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