Disability Rights Texas

Kai'Yere Campbell is intellectually disabled, with autism and a schizophrenia diagnosis, according to his mom, who says he suffered during his time in the Tarrant County Jail.

Texas’ fertility rose after new abortion restrictions, raising concerns that special education and specialized health care will be stretched even thinner.

The complaint claims Bonham ISD and a city court discriminated against both Black students and disabled students by creating a hostile environment at school. The groups also filed a separate complaint against Corpus Christi ISD with the Texas Education Agency.

The Tarrant County Jail has a history of complaints about medical neglect.

The Legislature put up money to establish 150 more psychiatric beds for inmates at local hospitals statewide and created a $100 million bucket for criminal justice-related mental health services.