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Legislative Links Texas Health and Human Services Agencies

Please note that all the links listed on this page will take you to places outside of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities web site.

legislative links

State Library & Archives Commission Web Site: http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/agencies.jsp
Texas Secretary of State Voter Registration: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/index.shtml
P. O. Box 12060 Austin, Texas 78711-2060 512.463.5650
800.252.VOTE (8683) Fax (512) 2811 TDD 800.735.2989
HousingRelated/Architectural Barrier Related: http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/nrcshhm/directory/tx.htm; U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Community Planning and Development - Texas (CDBG) Office of Rural Community Affairs
http://www.tdra.state.tx.us/
programs/contacts/states/tx/index.cfm
P.O. Box 12877 Austin, TX 78711
Phone: 512.936.6701 Fax: 512.936.6776
Email: ocardenas@orca.state.tx.us
For information on the ADA, call the U.S. Department of Justice (UADOJ): http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/publicat.htm
800.514.0301 or 800.514.0383 (TDD)

The Texas Health and Human Services Agencies

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC): http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/
4900 North Lamar Blvd. Austin, Texas 78751
512.424.6500 / TDD 512.424.6597
Texas Department of State Health Services: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/
(800) 252.8154 - Texas Only, 8 - 5 p.m. M - F
(512) 206.5760 - Outside Texas, 8 - 5 p.m. M - F
(800) 735.2988 - Relay Texas, Voice
(800) 735.2989 - Relay Texas, TTY
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services: http://www.dads.state.tx.us/
PO Box 12786
Austin, Texas 78711
512.424.6840 FAX: 512.424.6890
The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services: The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is one of four new departments under the umbrella of the Health and Human Services Commission. The department was created by the 78th Legislature and comprises the programs and functions of the following legacy agencies:; Services for Persons with Physical and Mental Disabilities; Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired; DARS - Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services; Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)

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2007 Student Film Competition Grand Prize Winner, Forgotten Lives, now available for purchase on DVD. Click here for details.

Cinema Touching Disability shows that one's spirit need not be limited, either by a disability or society's stereotypes regarding disability, by illustrating how people with disabilities lead both ordinary and extraordinary lives, hold diverse attitudes, and possess varied accomplishments and abilities. To learn more about this disability awareness raising project please visit www.ctdfilmfest.org.

Purchase ""TEAM EVEREST: A HIMALAYAN JOURNEY"

Select this link to purchase "TEAM EVEREST: A HIMALAYAN JOURNEY", a documentary about the 2003 climb up Mt. Everest

CTD's history making and award-winning Team Everest '03 was a huge success! Team Everest twice made history: first when the largest group of people with various disabilities successfully climbed to Mt. Everest Base Camp, at an elevation over 19,000 ft., then again when team Leader Gary Guller became the first man with one arm to summit Mt. Everest!