Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a great time to remind ourselves about what we can do to advance awareness, acceptance, and inclusion of people with mental health conditions. People… Continue reading “Do Your Part for Mental Health”
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… Continue reading “Breaking the Silence: Sexual Assault and Disabilities”
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… Continue reading “Identity-First Language vs. People-First Language”
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… Continue reading “Austin ISD Under Conservatorship: What Does That Mean?”
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… Continue reading “Tell Us How Ready You Are for Disasters”
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… Continue reading “New Study Details Winter Storm Uri’s Devastating Impact on Texans with Disabilities”
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… Continue reading “Prepare Now for Freezing Temperatures”
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… Continue reading “DRTx & FEMA Help People with Disabilities Get Emergency Ready”
(Text contained in the image below is included after the image.) With your support this year, we helped tens of thousands of Texans with disabilities know their rights, stay in… Continue reading “The Impact of Your Support”
October is National Youth Justice Action Month, a great time to raise awareness about the challenges justice-involved youth face and the importance of educational advocacy. This is also a great… Continue reading “Education Advocacy as a Best Practice for Justice-Involved Youth”