DRTx in the News
Below you’ll find some of the news coverage about how Disability Rights Texas is making an impact for people with disabilities in Texas.
Results
October 23, 2019
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 …
September 23, 2019
“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 …
July 29, 2019
“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 …
July 16, 2019
“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 …
July 4, 2019
For the fourth year in a row, Texas “needs assistance” complying with federal law to provide special education services to children with disabilities, according to the U.S. Department of Education. …
April 11, 2019
Parents and advocates say it’s a dire situation in Texas education, as the state faces a $223 million shortfall in federal special education over the next several fiscal years. The …
March 13, 2019
“The U.S. Department of Justice will monitor Harris County elections, at county expense, for up to four years under the settlement of a federal lawsuit over inadequate access to polling …
March 8, 2019
“Hundreds of Texas foster children are languishing for weeks or months in psychiatric hospitals because they have nowhere else to go, hurting them psychologically, endangering them physically and costing the …
March 7, 2019
“A first of its kind lawsuit charging that the state of Oregon has failed to provide full school days to students with mental, emotional and behavioral disabilities could create a model …
February 28, 2019
“One of the country’s most recognizable retail jobs might soon be no more, and the disabled community is reacting. Walmart, the biggest employer in the United States, is phasing out its …