(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”
Find a Ride Guide Do you want to vote in the November 2022 election but need a ride to the polls? If you do, our Find a Ride Guide (Excel)… Continue reading “Find a Ride to the Polls”
On July 26, we will celebrate 32 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law. Since then many barriers to inclusion have been removed, but we still have… Continue reading “Celebrate the ADA With Us”
Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) offers its deepest condolences to everyone who was impacted by the mass shooting that occurred at Robb Elementary School yesterday. We mourn the loss of those… Continue reading “DRTx Statement on Mass Shooting in Uvalde”
May is Mental Health Month, so we checked in with some members of the Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Advisory Council to… Continue reading “Stigma Is Still One of the Biggest Challenges”
May is Mental Health Month, a great time to raise awareness about mental illness and the importance of mental health. This is also a great time to raise awareness about… Continue reading “Advocating for People with Mental Illness: It’s What We Do”
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. People with disabilities are victimized by crime at higher rates than the rest of the population, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey. Sexual… Continue reading “Sexual Assault and People with Disabilities”
March is Developmental Disabilities (DD) Awareness Month, a great time to focus on learning more about what you can do to create a community where people with DD are included… Continue reading “Creating a Community Where All Are Respected and Included”
DRTx, joined by several other organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court Brief in the United States Supreme Court in a case where jailors placed a man they knew to be suicidal in… Continue reading “DRTx Files Brief Involving Suicide of Inmate with Mental Illness”