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Dem Candidates Wendy Davis & Jennie Lou Leeder Take the Stage
South Austin “Indivisible” forum considers TX-21 race
"...There was more in that parallel vein, covering disability rights, economic fairness, immigration (both candidates sharply denouncing Trump..."

Jan. 20, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Austin’s 2020 Film Festival Calendar
Your print-out-and-keep guide for movie lovers
"...TBA: Cinema Touching Disability Reframing what it means to live with a physical..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gifted and Talented Education Programs Turn the Lights Out on Non-White Students
"Race is the greatest predictor of who succeeds and fails in American public education"
"...signs of giftedness and the signs of a learning disability, particularly ADHD, often look similar to those who aren't..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Autumn A. Arnett

Headlines
"...death sentence to life imprisonment due to his intellectual disability. See "Bobby Moore Will Not Be Executed"...."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Feature

Bobby Moore Will Not Be Executed
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has commuted his sentence
"...death sentence to life imprisonment due to his intellectual disability. In its three page decision, which criticizes both the..."

Nov. 6, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Lez Get Spooky
Plus commemorating Intersex Awareness Day and Halloween vibes
"...Disability As Identity A QPOC-centered convo on disabilities, relationships, and..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Give Me Liberty
Chaotic story of disability doesn't get completely lost on its trip
"...say someone is “afflicted with” or “suffers from” a disability (it’s also just quicker and more efficient to say..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Lilli Hime

Early Voting Locations and Voter ID Info
Find your nearest polling location and know what to bring with you
"...Cedar Park County Tax Office, 15822 Foothill Farms, Pflugerville Disability Rights Texas, 2222 W. Braker Randalls Braker, 10900-D Research..."

Oct. 14, 2019 News Post

Chained for Life
Metanarrative about beauty and deformity is a layered surprise
"...how all the cast members with any kind of disability are forced to stay in the hospital overnight because..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Quote of the Week
"...Eckhardt later apologized for the tasteless reference to Abbott's disability, saying, "While the Governor and I disagree on a..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column

Unconscionable Execution
"...rightfully fighting for stays of execution based on mental disability, Rodney Reed, who is scheduled to be executed on..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Postmarks

Death Watch: Mark Soliz Hopes One Stay Leads to Another
Death row inmate argues fetal alcohol spectrum disorder renders him unfit for execution
"...scores no longer bar a diagnosis of an intellectual disability," according to Soliz's filing, which continues: "Expansion of the..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference
Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people
"...got to go!" chanted around 100 labor, immigrant, environmental, disability, and social justice advocates outside the JW Marriott Hotel..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Senate Passes Severe Fetal Disability Abortion Ban
Women would be forced to give birth to non-viable fetuses
"...currently allows pregnant women facing severe fetal disease or disability – an already traumatic event – to undergo abortion...."

May 13, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Bill Would Ban Fetal Disability Abortion
ACLU questions constitutionality of draconian HB 2434
"...to choose abortion based on the sex, race, or disability of a fetus, including "physical disfigurement, scoliosis, dwarfism, Down..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Death Watch: Was Dexter Johnson Condemned by His Own Attorney?
Inmate's new co-counsel seeks to terminate longtime attorney for bad lawyering
"...in state and federal courts, including Johnson's likely intellectual disability, his trial counsel's conflicts of interest as a former..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Debunking Five Anti-Choice Lies This Session
No wonder why repro rights groups are using the mantra “Lies Into Laws”
"...the state’s 20-week abortion ban for fetal disease or disability, including severe impairments that could result in infant death..."

April 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin’s Queer Residents Address Needs at City Forum
LGBTQ Commission received feedback to forecast funding
"...regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, student status, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender..."

March 8, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

The People's Gallery at City Hall Shows Women With Disabilities in a New Light
The Bold Beauty Project of Texas exhibits portraits of courageous women from across the state
"...12, it's unavoidable. In the eyes of others, her disability defines her...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Laura Jones

Council Calls for Audit of APD Rape Cases
Start-to-finish review responds to growing concern from advocates, survivors
"...there's no bias based on the victim's gender, race, disability, or LGBTQ status; the Sex Crimes Unit's record-keeping to..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

UPDATED: Council Calls for Independent Audit of APD's Rape Cases
CM Alison Alter says this is the "next step, not the end of the journey"
"...are no biases based on the victim’s gender, race, disability, or LGBTQ status; the Sex Crimes Unit’s record-keeping to..."

Feb. 6, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Headlines
"...in bite mark science and the law surrounding intellectual disability. Robert Jennings is now slated to be the first..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature

Last-Minute Appeals Aim to Stop First Texas Execution of 2019
Drugs, mental illness, disability factors in 2008 infant murder
"...to bite mark comparisons" and the law surrounding intellectual disability, the CCA concluded Milam fulfilled the necessary appeals requirements..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Your 2019 Guide to Film Festivals in Austin
Mark your calendar for these celebrations of cinema
"...Cinema Touching Disability www.txdisabilities.org/news-events/film-festival..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session
Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more
"...wants a commission to study how intellectual and developmental disability is determined in death penalty cases. – Chase Hoffberger Environment:..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

A Peek Into the New Lege's Anti-Choice Plan
It can surely be worse
"...by saying society thinks a child born with a disability has less value than a child who is healthy,"..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Walk-In Walk-Out
County commissioners change course on substance abuse treatment funding
"...runs the county's mental health and intellectual and developmental disability services. Commissioners unanimously voted to send the money to..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Rewriting History
"...discovered that any one of us can suffer a disability and remain able in so many ways! For over..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Postmarks

No More Cartoon Villains
Dismantling insulting stereotypes with the Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival
"...raspberries for being a huge negative stereotype of a disability," said William Greer, the passionate film festival director of..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Death Watch: Segundo Awaits 5th Circuit
Death row inmate scheduled for execution Oct. 10
"...from their experts for information to support Segundo's intellectual disability. The filing also asserts Segundo's trial counsel and the..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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