2023 Self-Advocate and Family Member Survey

People with Disabilities and Family Members: Please tell us about the BPDD activities you participated in this year. Your answers help us understand our impact on your lives.

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* 1. During the past year which of the following WI-BPDD activities have you participated in? (Check all that apply)

Partners in Policymaking

Youth Leadership Forum

Sparks Grants

Supported Decision-Making trainings

Families Supporting Families grants

Self-Determination Conference

Self-Determination YouTube Channel

Voting activities

Partners with Business

Living Well activities (Let's Talk about Rights; Safe and Free; Peer Mentoring; Consortium)

Lead poisoning education and testing

People First

Disability Advocacy Day

Grassroots State or Federal Advocacy (i.e. took action on an issue brought to my attention by WI-BPDD)

Social Media (i.e. follow WI-BPDD on social media and share content with others in my network)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Were you satisfied with the WI-BPDD activity?

Yes

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* 3. Is your life better as a result of participating in it?

Yes

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* 4. Please share a story about how participating in WI-BPDD activities has made your life better.

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* 5. Are our materials easy to read and understand?

Yes

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As a result of participating in a WI-BPDD activity...

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* 6. I have (check all that apply):

Voted or registered to vote.

Learned and used a resource or program for the first time.

Gotten more involved in my community.

Met at least one new person I plan to stay in touch with.

Used Supported Decision-Making tools to help me (or someone else) make my own decisions.

Other (please describe)

None of the above

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* 7. I am better able to (check all that apply):

Stay safe and healthy.

Report abuse and neglect if I experience it or if someone else is.

Advocate for my rights.

Get the supports I need to live the life I want.

Make my own decisions.

Be a leader in my community.

Other (please describe)

None of the above

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* 8. I have increased my advocacy.

Yes

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* 9. I am better able to say what I want.

Yes

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* 10. I am now participating in advocacy activities.

Yes

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* 11. I am now on an advisory board, committee, or serving in a leadership position (such as People First, a parent/teacher organization, a community board, etc.)

Yes

If yes, please share the name of the board, committee, or describe the leadership position you're now in.

We ask the following questions to see if we are reaching every community and culture in Wisconsin. We do not collect names, so no one knows how you answered these questions.

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* 12. Please tell us whether you are:

A person with a disability

Family member of a person with a disability

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* 13. Please tell us whether you are:

American Indian and Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Hispanic/Latino

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

White or Caucasian

Two or more races

Other (please specify)

Prefer not to answer

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* 14. Are you...

Man

Woman

Non-binary

Prefer to self-describe

Prefer not to answer

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* 15. Are you transgender?

Yes

Prefer not to answer

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* 16. What is your sexual orientation?

Lesbian or gay

Straight or heterosexual

Bisexual

I don't know

Prefer to self-describe

Prefer not to answer

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* 17. Which of the following best describes the area that you live in?

Rural

Urban/Suburban