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As many of you know, DRTx has recently experienced reduced funding and was forced to lay off staff and reduce services. And now, federal funding for all protection and advocacy …
School is back in session in Texas and this blog post highlights three key pieces of legislation passed in the 2025 Texas Legislative Session that impact students with disabilities. To …
The Community Justice Worker (CJW) Program will create a Statewide model to systemically address the lack of or limited legal help available for low-income Texans. This Request for Proposals (RFP) …
During the summer of 2025, a number of law school and undergraduate students interned at Disability Rights Texas. Thank you to all of the interns who were with us this …
35 years ago, the following big events made the news: The first web server was created, starting what would later become the world wide web. The first McDonald’s opened in …
Our 2024 Impact Report, “Paving the Way to a More Accessible Lone Star State,” is now out. The report details how we protected the rights of thousands of Texans with …
The Texas Hill Country experienced devastating flooding on July 4, 2025. To help Texans with disabilities and others recover from the disaster, we created the Texas Hill Country Flooding Event …
This article first appeared in the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association’s “Voice for the Defense” (Volume 54, No. 5) By Sarah Beebe Did you know students can be disciplined …
We’re excited to be exhibiting at the Abilities Expo in Houston on August 1-3, 2025, at NRG Center located at 8600 Kirby Drive. Come by our table to say hi and get …
We’ve extended the deadline for sales of our exclusive Capitol Crawl T-shirt to July 3. Help us get to our goal of selling 150 shirts! Celebrate the 35th anniversary of …