Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
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… Continue reading “Recovery Resources: Hill Country Floods”
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… Continue reading “Using Your Juvenile Defense Skills to Seek Education Justice for Your Clients”
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… Continue reading “Come see us at the Houston Abilities Expo”
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… Continue reading “Deadline Extended to July 3: Buy Our Limited Edition Capitol Crawl T-Shirt to Celebrate the ADA 35th Anniversary”
(Our Capitol Crawl t-shirt shown above is available for a limited time – until July 1. Get yours today by clicking on the photo above.) This year our country proudly… Continue reading “Annual t-shirt fundraiser happening now through July 1”
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. The purpose of the CJW… Continue reading “CJW Program Curriculum Development RFP”
Summer…is…on. And these days, summer means movies about superheroes who use their superpowers to combat evil or help people. What about you? Do you have any superpowers? The answer is… Continue reading “Unlock Your Self-Advocacy Superpower”
A law was passed in Texas to create an Education Savings Account (ESA) program, also known as vouchers. ESAs provide money for students to attend private schools instead of public… Continue reading “Education Savings Accounts in Texas: What You Need to Know”
Due to reductions and delays in our federal funding, Disability Rights Texas has made the difficult decision to temporarily pause the intake of new applications for our services beginning Friday,… Continue reading “DRTx Pausing Intake of New Cases”
64 million. That’s how many Americans will be 65 and older in our nation in 2030. And according to a 2024 CDC report, nearly 44 percent of people in this… Continue reading “A Better World for Older Adults”