Measuring Your Capacity to Serve Survivors with Disabilities & Deaf Survivors
Assess your organization’s accessibility, measure progress over time, and receive tailored results aligned with national field standards.
This interactive assessment helps disability organizations and victim service providers evaluate how well they serve survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors. Organizations receive a personalized score, recommendations for improvement, and can repeat the assessment every six months to track progress.
Why This Matters
Rather than wondering whether your organization is accessible, this assessment measures your practices against evidence-informed standards developed by Activating Change.
Organizations can:
Identify strengths and gaps
Receive a customized score
Track improvement over time
Compare progress across multiple assessments
Prioritize next steps
What’s Included
Interactive Assessment
Measure Your Capacity
Complete the online assessment and receive your organization’s accessibility score and recommendations.
Webinar
Using the Assessment Tool
Watch Sandra Harrell walk through the assessment, explain the scoring system, and demonstrate how organizations can use the results to strengthen services.
Implementation Guides
A detailed written guide explaining the assessment process, scoring methodology, and how to interpret results.
Disability Organizations
A guide for disability organizations using the assessment to strengthen their response to survivors with disabilities.
Download PDF →Domestic Violence Programs
A guide for domestic violence programs working to improve access, services, and support for survivors with disabilities.
Download PDF →Rape Crisis Centers
A guide for rape crisis centers working to identify gaps, improve accessibility, and strengthen survivor-centered services.
Download PDF →How It Works
Complete the Assessment
Answer questions about your organization’s current practices.
Receive Your Score
Get a score that reflects your organization’s current capacity.
Review Recommendations
Identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
Implement Improvements
Use the results and guides to strengthen access and services.
Retake Every Six Months
Track progress over time and measure meaningful change.
Who It’s For
Disability organizations
Sexual assault programs
Domestic violence programs
Other victim services programs