Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
People with Disabilities Anticipating Hospitalization Should Consider Preparing Supported Decision Making Agreement By Richard LaVallo, DRTx Legal Director On April 17, 2020, DRTx sent a letter to the Texas Health… Continue reading “Governor Responds to DRTx Letter About Support for Hospitalized People with Disabilities”
COVID-19 has changed most everything about the way we live. At least it has for the next several months. While we are currently most concerned about things that impact our… Continue reading “How COVID-19 is Changing Elections in Texas, and What it Means for Voters with Disabilities”
For more than 580,000 Texas students with disabilities, public school closures in the wake of COVID-19 have caused substantial delays in special education and early childhood intervention (ECI) services. State… Continue reading “Federal COVID-19 Emergency Education Funding Must Prioritize Texas Youth with Disabilities”
Just last week, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) issued an announcement, “New Nursing Homes COVID-19 Transparency Effort.” Disability Rights Texas strongly supports the measures that CMS is… Continue reading “As Texas Reopens, Nursing Homes and Other Facilities Still A Concern”
Most people must face a hospital visit for COVID-19 without support from a family member or friend due to state guidance to hospitals on preventing spread. But what about a… Continue reading “People Hospitalized for COVID-19 Face It Alone, But What About People with Disabilities?”
If you are facing disability discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic, you already know Disability Rights Texas is your place to go for legal help. But what about other issues not… Continue reading “DRTx helps with COVID-19 disability rights issues, State Bar with other legal problems”
Update from Molly Broadway, DRTx Voting Rights Training Specialist: In partnership with Lone Star Transportation, Lyft is providing free Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) rides to the polls in Austin, Texas,… Continue reading “In Austin: Free Wheelchair Accessible Rides to the Polls by Lyft”
This past spring, the Texas legislature passed several laws related to special education, student mental health, school funding, student safety, and more. For a complete overview, see our 2019 Texas… Continue reading “New School Year, New Laws, News Rights”
This week marks the 20th anniversary of a very important legal decision regarding the rights of people with disabilities. On June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in “Olmstead… Continue reading “How Two Women Changed Thousands of Lives”
With May being National Mental Health Awareness Month, we’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about the work we do at Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) to protect and… Continue reading “How We Advocate for People with Mental Illness”