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The Protection and Advocacy Agency for People with Disabilities in Texas

Too often people with disabilities face obstacles of discrimination, ignorance and negative stereotypes about what they can or can’t do. Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) helps people with disabilities understand and exercise their legal rights so they can break through these barriers and fully participate in all aspects of life.

Advancing Your Legal Rights

Because of news reports of widespread abuse and neglect at state institutions in the 1970s, Congress passed numerous laws to protect people with disabilities from discrimination. These laws included the creation of a national network of protection and advocacy organizations to secure and advance the rights of individuals with disabilities.

DRTx is the federally designated legal protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Texas. Our attorneys and advocates advance rights by:

Focusing on What Impacts You Most

We gather feedback from the community on a regular basis to ensure we are focusing on the issues impacting them the most. The disability rights issues we currently work on include:

Advocating for You

DRTx protects and advances the rights of people with a broad range of disabilities, such as:

Do You Need Help?

When you call our statewide intake line, you can talk directly with a member of our staff, who will ask you several questions about yourself and the problem you are facing. Or you can complete our online intake form at any time.

DRTx is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by U.S. government grants, the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, charitable foundations, private law firms, and individual donors. Because of our funders, we are able to offer nearly all of our services for free to our clients.

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Updated: November 14, 2025