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Family Wins Appeal for Medicaid Benefits for Daughter

“Our daughter has a rare chromosomal disorder that requires her to have 24-hour care in addition to a daily injection to help with growth. We contacted Disability Rights Texas when her Medicaid...

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Navy Veteran Frustrated with VR Services Gets Supports Needed for New Job

“I’m a Navy Veteran with disabilities. I tried and tried to work with Texas Vocational Rehab to get the supports I needed to get a job. I was trying to get some new training but after working with 3...

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Woman Pregnant With Twins Moves to Safer Home

Angelica, who has disabilities, was living on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex when she found out that she was pregnant with twins. Her doctor told her that her pregnancy was high risk and...

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Lifesaving Care For Young Boy Regained

When people contact us, they don’t always just need our assistance once. Often they seek our help multiple times over a span of years. Solomon is one of those clients. When he was 4 years old,...

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DRTx Helps Woman Avoid Unnecessary Guardianship

Kathleen was in an assisted living facility for many years when her family realized that as they were aging and having health issues, they needed to ensure Kathleen had the support she needed. They...

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Community Services Allow Autistic Man to Avoid Institutionalization

Daniel has autism, and his mom was struggling to get behavioral support services for him after he had numerous ER visits. She tried asking the Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority...

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Woman with Mobility Disability No Longer Trapped in Apartment

Melissa has disabilities that affect her mobility, so she cannot use stairs without a major struggle. She lived in a public housing building on the 13th floor where the elevators often were out of...

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Young Man Now Able to Attend Mental Health Program

John needed to move out of his rented home and move in with a friend so he could start an intensive mental health program. But his landlord would not let him out of his lease early, so he reached out...

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Stroke survivor’s fight for independence in battle for vital motorized...

In May 2021, tragedy struck Audie, a vibrant man in the prime of his life. The father and once executive chef suffered a major stroke that left him with right-side paralysis, drastically altering his...

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A woman’s path to stability

Not actual photo of client. Adriana* was facing one of the most challenging times of her life. She had recently become unhoused, was turned away from a shelter because of her disability, struggling to...

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