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View a list of links to federal, regional, state, and local disability-related emergency management resources in your state.
Contact information for ILCs throughout Texas. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.
A Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) resource and referral network that works to connect returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, including those with service-connected disabilities, with the resources and tools they need to reintegrate into civilian life and employment.
Texans with disabilities and their families must consider matters of mobility, transportation, electronic and electric assistive devices and service animals that may make evacuation in a hurricane more difficult. By calling 2-1-1, emergency officials in your area will be notified about your need for assistance in the 22 county evacuation zones in the hurricane-prone areas of Texas.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Big Bend National Park.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Big Thicket National Preserve.
Nonprofit organization offers sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, including adult wheelchair basketball, rugby, track, and wheelchair tennis.
Nonprofit organization offers sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, including rugby, adult basketball, softball, and football.
Nonprofit organization offers sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities
Nonprofit organization offers sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, including Swimming, golf, sitting volleyball, and wheelchair sports.
Provides emotional support, advice, guidance or other help for those who face both the immediate and potentially long-term effects of brain injury. This organization is dedicated to the restoration and maintenance of the dignity of life for persons with brain injuries and their families.
A nonprofit organization providing housing, employment assistance, advocacy and support services to people with disabilities.
A voluntary health organization committed to empowering the independence of people with Epilepsy.
A non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of adults and children with epilepsy in the 100 counties of north and southeast Texas.
Helps families of children with disabilities by providing information, training, referral and support.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Fort Davis National Historic Site.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park.
Helps improve the lives of people affected by mental illness through education, support and advocacy.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Padre Island National Seashore.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site.
REACH, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the goal of advocating for and empowering people with disabilities to take charge of their lives and participate actively in community life. REACH stands for Rehabilitation, Education, and Advocacy for Citizens with Handicaps.
A non-profit, federally designated center for Independent Living aimed at those who reside in the Greater San Antonio Area.
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the San Antonio Missions National Park.
Information on services available in Texas to assist people with disabilities in obtaining employment of their choice and to help them live independently in their communities.
Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities (mental retardation), giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in their communities.
Helps to ensure communications accessibility in state, counties and cities for deaf and hard of hearing citizens.
Works to increase and support the independence, productivity, integration and inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into supportive communities.
The Council is dedicated to ensuring that all Texans with developmental disabilities have the opportunity to be independent, productive and valued members of their communities.
Provides a comprehensive array of aging and disability services, supports and opportunities that are easily accessed in local communities.
Serves as a central source of information and education on the abilities, rights, problems and needs of persons with disabilities.
Works to empower speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the spirit of partnership with consumers and families.
Provides the opportunity for persons with disabilities in Texas to fully participate in the mainstream of life and to experience equal rights.
Provides free library service to Texans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical or reading disabilities.
Organization committed to creating opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be included in their communities and to make the choices which affect their lives. Local chapters may provide residential, vocational and community-living support, self-advocacy programs, recreation and social experiences and respite care.
Provides services such as housing, therapy, assistive technology training, early intervention programs, individual and family support, social and recreation programs, community living, state and local referrals, employment assistance and advocacy.
