Tag Archives: disability
Is the Texas House Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by Refusing to Caption Legislative Hearings?
Disability rights experts are questioning the methods Capitol staff use to determine when to fill an accommodation request.
John Woodley pushed a wheelchair through the Capitol almost every day this session, his files and laptop piled on the seat. At age 2, he developed partial deafn...Read More
Texans with Disabilities are Struggling to Find Health Care Attendants. Lawmakers Didn’t Do Much to Help.
Community attendants had their $8-per-hour base wage boosted by only 11 cents this session — significantly less than what the governor and state health department requested.
Disability rights advocates say there is a crisis facing community attendants and the people who rely on them. Statewide, about 300,000 attendants help disabled...Read More
State Plans to Restore Services after Advocates in Wheelchairs Surprise Officials
After disability advocates surrounded HHSC officials Monday, they were told the contract would be renewed, but few details have been provided.
On Monday afternoon, Emily Wolinsky and about 15 other disability-rights advocates, most in wheelchairs, sat around a long table at an Italian restaurant across...Read More
The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘Who Guards the Guardians?’
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them.
The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘Who Guards the Guardians?’ Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their right...Read More
Who Guards the Guardians?
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them.
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them....Read More
Denial of Service
Among its dozens of accountability measures for school districts — including test scores and other data points — the Texas Education Agency (TEA) includes a...Read More
Highway Robbery: After Wage Theft Complaints, Contractor Still Wins State Business
According to Michael O’Keefe Cowles, an attorney with the nonprofit Equal Justice Center who represented LPM workers in the lawsuit, employees were expected t...Read More
Defying Senate, House Votes to Preserve Institution for Intellectually Disabled
Defying the Senate, House members voted to preserve a state-run supported living center that had been slated for closure, reflecting a larger rift over care for...Read More
Direct Quote: Helping the Blind Experience the Arts
“I’ve done audio description in a theater where people would come up to me and say, ‘What does it matter? They’re blind!’"...Read More