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
July 28, 2025
From The Associated Press: “Nancy Jensen believes she’d still be living in an abusive group home if it wasn’t shut down in 2004 with the help of the Disability Rights …
July 23, 2025
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 …
July 8, 2025
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 …
June 23, 2025
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 …
June 13, 2025
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 …
June 9, 2025
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 …
April 6, 2025
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 …
March 27, 2025
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 …
March 24, 2025
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 …
February 10, 2025
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 …