Floridians with disabilities applaud new law protecting their rights WFTV [Video]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Millions of Floridians with disabilities are celebrating a new law that protects their rights.

Those new protections are listed under a Florida law that took effect this week.

Under the law, courts are now required to consider what’s known as “supportive decision-making agreements” before they place someone in legal guardianship, allowing people with disabilities to appoint helpers for certain jobs.

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Michael Lincoln-McCreight became the first person in Florida to end a guardianship in favor of a supported decision-making agreement. He spent four years lobbying for a change to the law after his rights were stripped from him.

Born with fetal alcohol syndrome, autism, and ADHD, Lincoln-McCreight today is living his dream life.

He’s accomplished a life-long goal of working for Universal Orlando and supports himself in his Orange County home. He says he does not take it …