What Belongs to You?
Autonomy is not a single switch. In real decisions it interacts with capacity, information, consent, professional duties and relational pressure.
This stage distinguishes everyday preference from more complex decisions where power, dependency or health risk may affect how free a choice really is.
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Teach
Purpose Introduce autonomy, capacity, medical consent and relational pressure as distinct concepts.
Ask When does respecting autonomy require more than simply accepting the first answer?
Respond
Misconception Autonomy means either total independence or automatic acceptance of any expressed choice.
Protect
Safeguarding Keep scenarios fictional and analytic; do not invite disclosures about healthcare, family pressure or sexual experiences.
Adapt & assess
SEND / EAL Provide a concept glossary and allow written reasoning instead of public speaking.
Evidence of learning Learner explains why expressed preference, informed consent and free choice are related but not identical.