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
January 30, 2023
Lawmakers want tighter rules on restraints that often impact students with disabilities more than peers. Concerns about students being abused or harmed because of restraint practices in schools prompted Texas …
October 24, 2022
Longview ISD. Marshall ISD. Fort Worth. Hutto. Burleson. It’s not hard to find allegations of students in special education classrooms being mistreated or abused by educators in their classrooms. What …
August 4, 2022
The state of Texas has essentially controlled her son’s life since he was 11. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department was supposed to keep him safe and help him get better. …
August 3, 2022
A federal lawsuit filed against Donna ISD by nonprofit advocacy group Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) claims the district failed to turn over records on the alleged abuse of disabled students. …
July 21, 2022
Texans who assist voters with disabilities or those with limited English to fill out their ballots will no longer face felony charges if they go beyond simply helping the person …
July 19, 2022
Parts of a 2021 Texas voting law that cracked down on assistance for voters with limited English skills and voters with disabilities can no longer be enforced. A federal judge …
July 14, 2022
June 13, 2022
Excerpt: In T.O. v. Fort Bend Independent School District (Case No. 21-1014), lawyers for the family had urged the justices to take up the case because federal courts of appeals were divided about when and …
June 6, 2022
Excerpt: Gathering your financial and personal documents can be almost as important as having a stocked hurricane kit well before June 1. “[Preparing] in an event is not going to …
April 12, 2022
Excerpt: Though disruptions continue and statutes of limitations on missed services have yet to expire in some places, a lawsuit spike hasn’t materialized. Texas schools also opened up for in-person …