Texas Health and Disability News
Texas Disability News
Information regarding the State of Texas, including facts and statistics, news, and information of interest for persons with disabilities residing in, or visiting the State of Texas.
Texas Disability Statistics - There are an estimated 2,962,000 people with disabilities in the state of Texas, or 14,5% of the population over the age of five. Approximately 579,000 people, or 2.8% of the state's population, experience difficulties with activities of daily living, to include bathing, dressing, or moving around inside their homes. Around 1,504,000 Texans have a form of work disability, while 657,000 people with disabilities in the state are employed. Approximately 117,000 people with disabilities in the state of Texas are unemployed, and 869,000 are currently not in the workforce.
Texas Disability Resources
Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind - Have been providing opportunities and assistance to visually impaired individuals for more than 75 years. They enhance the lives and opportunities of clients through job training, employment, and a multitude of community services - www.dallaslighthouse.org
Brain Injury Association of Texas (BIATX) - An organization which arose from the mutual frustration and sense of helplessness experienced by families in their search for appropriate facilities and support to return loved ones who had sustained brain injuries to maximum functioning potential - www.biatx.org
United Cerebral Palsy of North Texas - The mission of UCP of North Texas is to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of persons with cerebral palsy and other disabilities - www.ucpdallas.org
Partners Resource Network - Their mission is to empower parents of children and youth with disabilities in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for their children and to promote partnerships among parents and professionals - www.partnerstx.org
Texas Association of the Deaf - Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) is an organization for persons who are D/deaf or hard of hearing. It is a membership organization to provide information and education including surveys and studies to bring the viewpoint on various issues affecting the lives who are deaf or hard of hearing at all levels of the community - http://deaftexas.org/wp/
The Center - Serving Persons with people with developmental disabilities provides services for more than 600 adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities - www.cri-usa.org
Epilepsy Foundation of Central & South Texas - The Epilepsy Foundation of Central & South Texas believes there is a critical need to develop a strong, organized epilepsy advocacy network in Texas - www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/efcst/
The Houston Center for Independent Living (HCIL) - HCIL, BCCIL and FBCIL promote the full inclusion, equal opportunity and participation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of community life. We believe that people with disabilities have the right to make choices affecting their lives, a right to take risks, a right to fail, and a right to succeed - www.barrier-freeliving.org/
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