/tags/disability-rights-texas Disability Rights Texas en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:42:59 GMT /politics/2024-09-27/department-of-justice-hays-county-settlement-voters-with-disabilities Investigators surveyed 14 polling places in the county last year and found some didn't meet all the department's accessibility requirements. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:42:59 GMT /politics/2024-09-27/department-of-justice-hays-county-settlement-voters-with-disabilities Maya Fawaz /education/2024-09-05/austin-independent-school-district-special-education-lawsuit-disability-rights-texas-settlement Disability Rights Texas filed a federal lawsuit against the school district in 2021 over its failure to conduct special education evaluations within the legally required timeframe. The Austin ISD school board voted to approve the settlement last month. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:57:27 GMT /education/2024-09-05/austin-independent-school-district-special-education-lawsuit-disability-rights-texas-settlement Becky Fogel /education/2023-04-03/austin-isd-struggles-to-evaluate-kids-for-special-education-services-the-state-is-stepping-in The Texas Education Agency has been investigating the school district for years because it hasn't been evaluating students within a legally required timeframe. TEA wants to install a management team in the special ed department to come up with a plan to fix this problem. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:01:00 GMT /education/2023-04-03/austin-isd-struggles-to-evaluate-kids-for-special-education-services-the-state-is-stepping-in Becky Fogel /education/2023-02-10/austin-isd-has-a-backlog-of-special-education-evaluations-a-disability-rights-group-wants-action Disability Rights Texas first filed a lawsuit against Austin ISD over delayed evaluations for special education services in 2021. The group sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency on Thursday calling for an investigation into the ongoing backlog. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:34:14 GMT /education/2023-02-10/austin-isd-has-a-backlog-of-special-education-evaluations-a-disability-rights-group-wants-action Becky Fogel /politics/2022-02-16/texans-with-disabilities-fear-new-restrictions-on-voting-help-could-mean-criminal-charges-at-the-polls Disability rights advocates say the state has not provided enough guidance about the type of help people with disabilities can and cannot receive under new voting laws passed last year. Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:06:24 GMT /politics/2022-02-16/texans-with-disabilities-fear-new-restrictions-on-voting-help-could-mean-criminal-charges-at-the-polls Sneha Dey | The Texas Tribune /health/2022-01-13/medically-vulnerable-texans-tell-the-state-to-keep-their-power-on-in-the-next-emergency For some Texans, a blackout could be a death sentence. They and their supporters are calling on the state to do more to protect them. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:01:00 GMT /health/2022-01-13/medically-vulnerable-texans-tell-the-state-to-keep-their-power-on-in-the-next-emergency Mose Buchele /politics/2021-08-09/as-texas-senate-takes-up-another-voting-bill-groups-say-voters-with-disabilities-still-face-barriers The bill now goes to the full Senate. Advocates say SB 1 would limit the types of accommodations voters with disabilities could receive at the polls and while voting by mail. Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:07:34 GMT /politics/2021-08-09/as-texas-senate-takes-up-another-voting-bill-groups-say-voters-with-disabilities-still-face-barriers Ashley Lopez /education/2021-03-29/austin-isd-is-sued-over-backlog-of-special-education-evaluations Some AISD families have been waiting for more than a year to get their children evaluated. Disability Rights Texas called the delays a "direct violation of the timelines established by federal and state law." Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:44:29 GMT /education/2021-03-29/austin-isd-is-sued-over-backlog-of-special-education-evaluations Claire McInerny