Staff Blog
Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
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July 13, 2025
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 …
July 12, 2025
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 …
July 8, 2025
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 …
July 6, 2025
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 …
June 30, 2025
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 …
June 17, 2025
(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 …
June 2, 2025
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 …
June 1, 2025
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 …
June 1, 2025
Note: This blog post covers what Education Savings Accounts are, who can get one, how they’ll work, etc. For updated information about the Education Savings Accounts program and how students …
May 16, 2025
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, …