Celebrate the unveiling of the KENGURU at the Grand Opening of Community Cars, Inc.

Community Cars, Inc., owned by CTD member Stacy Zoern, manufactures low speed electric vehicles that are street legal on 45 mph roads or less, and are purpose built for people in wheelchairs. Learn more at www.kenguru.com or on facebook.

Grand Opening details

When: Thursday, January 19th 5:00- 8:00 pm
Where: Texas Center, 16708 Picadilly Court, Ste. 106, Pflugerville, TX 78664
Who: open to all, but Please RSVP by FRIDAY, January 6th to byers@kenguru.com or call 425.681.4939

2011 Annual Report

Dear Friend of Disability Advocacy

Please take a few minutes to click on the cover at left and read our 2011Annual Report. Does the format of this report remind you of something? It should, because it's based on a magazine with long and wide distribution. CTD did this to catch your eye, then we want the messages to catch your mind. We hope the front and back cover make you smile and we hope the contents make you think.

The 2011 Annual Report broadly covers our work and summarizes the very challenging Texas legislative session. For greater detail, click this link for our full CTD Legislative Report.

CTD is fortunate to have a skilled, professional staff and you'll see our people featured in the Annual Report. We get a kick from visitors to our office who comment that the majority of the staff are people with significant disabilities. Since it is everyday to us, we don't think it unusual. On seeing our various projects, those visitor comments become about the quality work of our staff. That's a message we like too.

We invite you to join us and help to support CTD's efforts by becoming an individual member of CTD or by connecting your organization through our organizational membership. Or join online by clicking on the JOIN/DONATE button. Every member counts at CTD and our dues allow for small organizations and fixed-income individuals to participate!

Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to CTD.

CTD at the 2011 Texas Legislature: Successful? No. Valuable? Yes.

As advocates for Texans with disabilities, CTD is not claiming a successful session. CTD is not taking a victory lap. We respect our members and supporters and our intent with this CTD Legislative Report is to speak the truth without inflated claims. In January, CTD's goals included more cost-effective community services, higher pay for community attendants, reduction in the number of expensive state supported living centers (SSLCs) and recapturing the civil rights promised by the ADA. Well, those low wages haven't changed, there are still 13 SSLCs, the ADA fight (very tough in Texas) got some movement but no passage. We'll talk more about a couple of nice victories in community services, but for the most part community services did not gain or lose ground. Did CTD work hard, create new collaborations, energize larger numbers of people, help pass good bills, kill bad ideas, improve the budget, protect critical items and, in general, be of significant value to members and supporters? Absolutely, and click here for more information in our quick-read report.