Media Relations and Press Room

Welcome to the Disability Rights Texas Press Room. Members of the media are encouraged to contact Anne Marie Becka, communications manager, at 512-407-2767 or abecka@disabilityrightstx.org to leverage the agency's extensive expertise on issues related to protection and advocacy of people with disabilities across Texas.

News Making Headlines

Court Rules Pretrial Detainees with Mental Illness Cannot Be Held in Jails Indefinitely January 26, 2012 DRTx Calls on Attorney General Holder to Step Up Texans’ Voting Rights Protections December 12, 2011 Free Special Education Videos for Parents and Guardians of Children with Disabilities December 01, 2011 DRTx Appoints New Board Members October 25, 2011 View All News Making Headlines

DRTx Responds to DOJ Monitoring Reports

Lufkin SSLC Backtracks in Third Round DOJ Compliance Review February 13, 2012 Richmond SSLC Monitors Find Little Progress in Third Round Compliance Review January 30, 2012 Lubbock SSLC Makes Limited Progress in Third Monitoring Review January 25, 2012 Denton SSLC Shows Little Progress in Third Round Compliance Review December 21, 2011 View All DRTx Responses to DOJ Monitoring Reports DOJ Monitoring Reports

 

Press Kit

Disability Rights Texas Overview

Reporting and Writing About People With Disabilities

Words Matter: People First Language

Commonly Used Acronyms

Disability Rights Texas is a nonprofit agency that protects and advances the legal, human and service rights of Texans with a broad range of disabilities. Disability Rights Texas is federally funded and designated by the federal government as the protection and advocacy agency (P&A) for the state of Texas. In March 2011, the agency changed its name from Advocacy Inc. to Disability Rights Texas.