Reporters interested in leveraging the extensive disability rights expertise of our attorneys, advocates, or policy specialists are encouraged to contact our Communications Department at (512) 407-2739 or commdir@DRTx.org to schedule an interview at least 24 hours in advance. Please include your deadline for speaking with our staff in your voice mail or email.
Take a few minutes to learn about reporting on and writing about disability issues. For instance, statements like “people with disabilities” and “uses a wheelchair” are preferred instead of “the disabled” or “wheelchair bound.” For more information, see Communicating About People with Disabilities from the National Disability Rights Network and How to Report with Care On Disability from the New York Times.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2018 CONTACT: Edie Surtees, Communications Director 512.407.2739 esurtees@drtx.org AUSTIN—Disability Rights Texas is proud to announce Tresi Moore Weeks of Plano, Texas, as the new Chair… Continue reading “Disability Rights Texas Announces New Board Chair”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2018 CONTACT: Robin LeoGrande, President, Community for Permanent Supported Housing, 214-632-8115 Sara Pratt, Attorney, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, 202-730-0317 Edie Surtees, Communications Director, Disability Rights Texas, 512-407-2739 DALLAS—Relman, Dane &… Continue reading “Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Dallas Housing Authority”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2018 CONTACT: Edie Surtees Communications Director 512.407.2739 esurtees@DRTx.org AUSTIN — A complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Justice in 2012 by Disability Rights Texas (DRTx)… Continue reading “Childcare Group Violates ADA by Refusing to Accommodate Child with Diabetes”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2018 CONTACT: Kelli Johnson, Texas Appleseed, 512-473-2800 x103, kjohnson@texasappleseed.net Dustin Rynders, Disability Rights Texas, 832-971-8984, drynders@DRTx.org Morgan Owens, Earl Carl Institute, 646-570-4209, morgan.owens@tmslaw.tsu.edu Patrick Bresette,… Continue reading “Return to Zero Tolerance Results in Surge in Arrests for Texas Students”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2018 CONTACT: Molly Broadway, Voting Rights Training Specialist 512-407-2725, mbroadway@DRTx.org Edie Surtees, Communications Director 512.407.2739, esurtees@DRTx.org AUSTIN —Advocacy groups all across Texas are teaming up… Continue reading “Texas Advocacy Groups Partner to Increase Awareness and Voter Turnout of Disability Community”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2018 BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS—When a legal aid attorney learns of injustice, she responds by taking charge and working to remedy the harm. When a case is… Continue reading “Discrimination by Local Transit Systems Triggers Triple Legal Aid Collaboration”
On April 3-5, 2018, representatives from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with… Continue reading “Public Forum Notice: We Want to Hear from You!”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2017 CONTACT Edie Surtees, Communications Director 512.407.2739 esurtees@DRTx.org AUSTIN—Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) welcomes the following new members to its Protection and Advocacy for Individual with Mental… Continue reading “New Texas Mental Illness Advocacy Council Members Selected for 2018”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2017 CONTACT: Edie Surtees, Communications Director Disability Rights Texas (512) 407-2739 or esurtees@DRTx.org Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas coast, the storm’s impact… Continue reading “Group of School Children Faces Unique Obstacles After Hurricane Harvey”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 CONTACT: Edie Surtees, Communications Director (512) 407-2739 esurtees@DRTx.org Notice to Medicaid Beneficiaries appealing reductions or denials of Medicaid-funded health services or Medicaid eligibility and who… Continue reading “Important Notice to Texas Medicaid Beneficiaries”