Staff Blog
Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
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October 4, 2018
Steven Aleman, DRTx Attorney and Policy Specialist On September 14, 2018, a committee of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) held a preliminary vote to remove Helen Keller from …
September 10, 2018
Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney, Education Team DRTx is excited to announce the launch of our new “Make My School Safe” Toolkit, created with our partners at Texas Appleseed and the …
August 22, 2018
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director Our new DRTx website launched TODAY, August 22, 2018, and we’re thrilled to share its up-to-date accessibility features and content with our followers. DRTx worked with …
August 31, 2017
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director First and foremost, Disability Rights Texas wants you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with all of you impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The devastation …
May 30, 2017
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director I am excited to announce that later this month we will be debuting our new accessible, mobile responsive website. More than a year ago we surveyed you, …
May 30, 2017
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director Three years ago, DRTx started noticing that in the last decade, the percentage of students with disabilities receiving special education services in Texas was declining steadily. …
December 12, 2016
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director Some Texas workers are making as little as pennies per hour while some of their bosses are making six figure salaries. And it’s legal because of …
March 2, 2016
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director In 1999, DRTx attorneys filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Tyler on behalf of eight children and other Medicaid beneficiaries under …
July 16, 2015
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is one of our country’s most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation. This equal opportunity law for people with …
October 23, 2014
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director This past February marked my 26th year with Disability Rights Texas (DRTx), with 13 years as executive director. And as we approach the end of another …
