Below you’ll find some of the news coverage about how Disability Rights Texas is making an impact for people with disabilities in Texas.
From KHOU 11: “A Montgomery County woman is fighting to restore critical Medicaid services for her sister, after a recent denial took away some of the in-home help they’ve relied… Continue reading “Caregiver challenges Medicaid decision that took away sister’s essential support”
From Click2Houston: “Jessica Galvan still remembers the moment she got the call. It was the last day of school—May 29—when someone from Cy-Fair ISD told her that her 11-year-old son… Continue reading “Cy-Fair ISD reverses decision after mother fights to keep school nurse for medically fragile son”
From The Texas Tribune: “Texas has been violating federal law for decades by sequestering individuals with severe disabilities in poorly run nursing homes without offering them alternative living options and… Continue reading “Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules”
From the Dallas Observer: “North Texas’s largest public transport system, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), just barely skirted significant funding cuts this legislative session. Now, the time to ask… Continue reading “North Texas Lawmaker Requests Federal Funds For DART Station Renovations”
From Texas Public Radio: “Last month, employees of Maofu Home Health, a provider of group homes for people with intellectual disabilities with facilities across the state, were arrested for abusing… Continue reading “Texas group homes for intellectually disabled are in systemic crisis, say advocates”
From the Longview News-Journal: “The idea of living in a home in a neighborhood is something people commonly take for granted. But for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, it… Continue reading “Closure of Longview home for disabled adults highlights progress, pitfalls of Texas’ programs”
From Texas Public Radio: “Disability Rights Texas has opened its 2025 Disaster Resilience Survey to the disability community, and it invites public participation and suggestions through May. The annual survey… Continue reading “Disability Rights Texas opens disaster resilience survey to individuals with disabilities”
From ABC News 13 “Jade Miller says all children deserve a second chance and the right to an education. But, she doesn’t think that’s always happening at the Houston Independent… Continue reading “Advocates say HISD makes enrolling hard for criminally-charged youth”
From the Austin American Statesman: “…Greenwell doesn’t know how much longer he will be able to afford to take care of Edgar as a community-based care provider under Medicaid. He… Continue reading “‘We are struggling’: Medicaid home caregivers want Texas lawmakers to increase wages”
From the Dallas Morning News: “Legislators to consider funding, guards, threat assessments. Texas lawmakers are confronting the fact that the security mandate they instituted after the Uvalde massacre is not… Continue reading “Will Texas lawmakers make school safer this session?”