Failure to do so by professionals empowers the abuser and victims may never be able to get help. Statistics state that “56% of women who experience intimate partner violence are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. 29% of all women who attempt suicide are abused. Thirty-seven percent of battered women have symptoms of depression, 46% have symptoms of anxiety disorder, and 45% have posttraumatic stress disorder” (Saltzman, Johnson, & Goodwin, 2003). Countries such as the UK have laws in place to assist victims of domestic violence to access legal assistance to free themselves from violent partners (Government, 2012). Such laws have been criticized as making the barriers too high for most female victims of domestic violence (R v The Lord Chancellor & Secretary Of State For Justice, 2014). Mentally disabled people are often overlooked when it comes to determining whether they are victims of domestic violence. Their disabilities are mental so it is difficult to determine whether what they say is true (Young, Nosek, Howland, & D., 1997). Victims may be further mistreated after reporting to silence them. Sometimes victims of domestic violence who are mentally disabled may not be able to file a complaint