Organization
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities(CTD)
The oldest and largest cross-disability advocacy organisation in Texas, promoting barrier-free access to employment, education, recreation, and civic participation since 1978.
About
Founded in 1978, the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (CTD) is the oldest and largest cross-disability advocacy organisation in Texas. CTD is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working to ensure that people with disabilities can fully work, live, learn, play, and participate in the community of their choice.
What They Do
CTD engages in governmental and legislative advocacy, public awareness campaigns, and professional disability consulting. The organisation tracks and influences legislation affecting Texans with disabilities, providing testimony, community education, and mobilisation across policy areas from healthcare and transportation to education and housing.
Who They Serve
CTD serves all Texans with disabilities and their allies, working across physical, cognitive, sensory, and psychiatric disability communities to advance systemic change through unified cross-disability advocacy.
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