Source: The Communicator: A Publication of the Autism National Committee, Volume 24(3), 6-7. Fall 2018 Alan Kurtz, Ph.D., and Valerie Smith, Ph.D., recently collaborated on an article, Supported Decision-Making as an Alternative to Guardianship, that was published in the Fall 2018 edition of The Communicator: A Publication of the Autism National Committee. Dr. Kurtz is the Coordinator of Education and Autism Initiatives at read more Kurtz and Smith Publish Article on Emerging Alternative to Guardianship