Staff Blog
Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
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July 6, 2023
Summer is here, and that’s not always a good thing. Texas is hot, and it’s going to get hotter. As temperatures rise and we see more extreme heat and wildfires, …
June 2, 2023
Hurricanes can cause all types of problems that turn your life upside down. They can disrupt access to things like food and water, power, cell phone service, and more. It’s …
May 17, 2023
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a great time to remind ourselves about what we can do to advance awareness and acceptance of people with mental health conditions. People with …
April 26, 2023
People with disabilities experience sexual assault at alarmingly high rates – much higher than people without disabilities. Consider these statistics: 90% of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) will …
April 13, 2023
Did you know that there are different ways to refer to different people with disabilities? While there are different opinions within the disability community about how to talk about people …
April 4, 2023
With the recent news about the Texas Education Agency (TEA) placing Austin ISD (AISD) under conservatorship due to their ongoing noncompliance with special education law, we have received many questions …
March 31, 2023
Update: The 2023 Disaster Resilience Survey of Texans with Disabilities is now closed. If you live in Texas, you know that a disaster can strike at any moment – it’s …
February 24, 2023
Through detailed accounts from individuals, a new qualitative study from the University of Texas at El Paso highlights some of the unique challenges Texans with disabilities faced when Winter Storm …
December 21, 2022
Starting Thursday and continuing through Sunday, most parts of the state will be impacted by extremely cold winter weather. Temperatures will dip well below freezing and in many places the …
December 19, 2022
At the Abilities Expo, Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6 Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (FEMA ODIC) collaborated to educate people with disabilities …
