Coalition of Texans with Disabilities - Coalition of Texans with Disabilities

2021 Legislative & Annual Report

2021 at the Capitol, in the community, and of course, online, with the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities

Blog: September Voting Updates

After nine months of debate, dozens of hearings, long nights in the Capitol cafeteria, and countless meetings with legislators and their staffs, where did we land? Review the highlights.

Texas Disability Advocates Call on Social Work Board to Protect Rights

Read CTD, The Arc of Texas, and Disability Rights Texas's joint statement on Social Work Board's Code of Conduct Review and Attorney General's Opinion

CTD’s Statement on Over-reliance on Restraint and Use of Force with Students with Disabilities

The over-reliance on restraint and use of force with students with disabilities has left a wake of trauma and physical harm and it must stop.

Texas Mobile Vaccination Program

Still looking to get vaccinated against COVID-19? State announces new mobile clinic for groups of 5 or more and homebound Texans.

2021 ADAPT FUN*RUN

THANK YOU to all of our runners and their supporters for the 2021 ADAPT FUN RUN for Disability Rights!

In Memory of Gene Whitten-Lege

Farewell to the longest-standing CTD board member and a founding father of the CDS program in Texas.

Current Actions

IDD peer support services, Guardianship protections, Vouchers

During a year that seemed to get stranger and more stressful by the day, we are proud that we kept working toward our mission and produced the programs and results that you have come to expect (even if the delivery was a little different).

Protect Funding for ECI Respite Services

ECI respite gives short-term relief to families of children with disabilities and developmental delays and helps prevent child abuse. This is not the time to cut funding to ECI respite.

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