Access to Legal Assistance for People with Disability

Thank you for taking this survey.

We are conducting a study to understand the legal needs of people with disability within Western Australia.

The survey is for Sussex Street Community Law Service and is supported by the Department of Communities.

We are interested in hearing about your experience as a person with disability trying to access legal assistance.

Throughout the survey, we will use the word 'you'. This refers to the person with disability. We understand that in some cases you may feel more comfortable if someone assists you to complete this survey.

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* 1. Are you completing this survey as a person with disability or are you completing this survey for a person with disability?

I am a person with disability completing this survey.

I am completing this survey for a person with disability.

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* 2. How likely is it that you would recommend community legal services to a friend or colleague?

NOT AT ALL LIKELY

EXTREMELY LIKELY

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* 3. Which of the following categories of disability do you feel most adequately describes your disability (or the person you are completing the form for)? It is fine to select multiple descriptions.

Physical disability: Impacts mobility or dexterity

Intellectual disability: Impacts ability to learn or process information

Psychiatric disability / mental illness: Impacts thinking processes

Sensory disability: Impacts the ability to hear or see

Acquired disability

Neurological disability: Impacts the brain and central nervous system

Learning disability: Impacts acquisition, organisation, retention, and understanding of information

Physical disfigurement: Impacts physical appearance

Immunological disability: Impact due to the presence of organisms causing disease in the body

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* 4. What is your gender (or the gender of the person you are completing the form for)?

Female

Male

Other (specify)

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* 5. What problems did you or the person you are completing the form for have when trying to get legal help?
(Select all that apply)

I tried to get a lawyer but no one called me back.

The legal services I called told me there was a conflict of interest so they could not help me.

I could not afford to pay for a lawyer.

I did not know who to call.

None of the legal services in my area specialise in the legal problem that I had.

I found it difficult to access the legal service because of my physical disability.

I found it difficult to understand the information on the legal service's website.

When I got my appointment, I found it difficult to understand all of the forms that I had to sign.

During and/or after my appointment I found it difficult to know or understand everything that I had to do next?

I didn't feel like the lawyer, or the legal service really understood my disability.

I didn't feel like the lawyer, or the legal service was able to communicate well with me as Englich is not my first language.

I didn't feel like the lawyer, or the legal service was able to understand my circumstances as an Aboriginal person.

I didn't feel like the lawyer, or the legal service was able to understand my circumstances as a Torres Strait Islander.

I didn't feel like the lawyer, or the legal service was able to understand my circumstances due to me gender and or sexuality.

I needed legal help, but the other party was making it difficult for me to get legal help.

I needed legal help but I had to travel a long way to get the help I needed.

I got in trouble with the police, but they did not understand that I had a disability, and this made things worst for me.

None of the above

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Overall, how satisfied were you (or the person you are completing the form for) with the experience trying to access legal help?

Extremely satisfied

Very satisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Not so satisfied

Not at all satisfied

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* 7. Have you ever heard of the legal health check tool? http://legalhealthcheck.org.au/

Yes

Access to Legal Assistance for People with Disability

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* 1. Are you completing this survey as a person with disability or are you completing this survey for a person with disability?

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* 2. How likely is it that you would recommend community legal services to a friend or colleague?

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* 3. Which of the following categories of disability do you feel most adequately describes your disability (or the person you are completing the form for)? It is fine to select multiple descriptions.

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* 4. What is your gender (or the gender of the person you are completing the form for)?

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* 5. What problems did you or the person you are completing the form for have when trying to get legal help? (Select all that apply)

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* 6. Overall, how satisfied were you (or the person you are completing the form for) with the experience trying to access legal help?

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* 7. Have you ever heard of the legal health check tool? http://legalhealthcheck.org.au/

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* 8. Is there anything that you would like to add?

* 5. What problems did you or the person you are completing the form for have when trying to get legal help?
(Select all that apply)