Below you’ll find some of the news coverage about how Disability Rights Texas is making an impact for people with disabilities in Texas.
Texas’ two largest state supported residential homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities now have positive cases of COVID-19. At one of the facilities, in Denton, 50 residents are… Continue reading “Two State Residential Facilities For Adults With Disabilities Report COVID-19 Cases”
The facility is now the largest single cluster of cases in Texas. Denton County now has confirmed 137 total cases of COVID-19 in the county and 39 of those cases… Continue reading “Denton County Adds 54 New Cases; 31 New Cases at State-Supported Living Center”
There are now 39 reported cases of COVID-19 at the center, which employs over 1,400 workers and is home to nearly 450 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “This is… Continue reading “Officials report 31 new coronavirus cases at the Denton County State Supported Living Center”
While many parents may have questions over the possibility of classes going exclusively online for the rest of the school year, parents of students utilizing special education have anxiety when… Continue reading “Parents Concerned Over How Special Education Translates Over Online Learning”
As schools pivot to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus and the illness it produces, COVID-19, education leaders are scrambling to figure out… Continue reading “Schools and students with disabilities likely to struggle with special ed at a distance”
Texas Students Still Fighting For Special Education Continue reading “Texas Students Still Fighting For Special Education”
More than 1,000 young people in Texas are getting the services they need to be successful in school, instead of being “mis-incarcerated.” Read more about the students we have been… Continue reading “Class Time Instead of Hard Time”
“When the legislature next convenes, in 2021, five years will have passed since the Chronicle report was published. Countless children who were born after the cap was instituted have aged… Continue reading “Why Are Texas Students Still Being Denied?”
“It wasn’t clear what specific actions the districts had to take in their oversight and now we have a baseline,” said Shiloh Carter, an attorney with Disability Rights Texas. Carter said… Continue reading “Texas Education Agency May Tighten Oversight For Off-Campus Special Ed Programs”
“Advocates say they’re hoping to register more Texans with disabilities ahead of the constitutional amendment election in November and the presidential primaries next year. Across the country, voter turnout among people… Continue reading “Groups Work To Close Gap In Voter Turnout Between Texans With Disabilities And Those Without”