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List and descriptions of disability categories used by the Texas Rehabilitation Commission for the use of the University of Texas at Austin Office for the Dean of Students. Includes 'Physical,' 'Mental,' and 'All Other' Disabilities.

A 1956 Amarillo Globe-Times newspaper article about the reforms Kansas implemented to prevent patients from being committed to life in a state mental hospital. It advocates for bringing these reforms to the system in Texas. Part of a series of…

A letter from Beverly A. Tucker, Assistant Dean for the Office of the Dean of Students at the University of Texas at Austin. The invitation advertises a 'Physical Handicap Awareness Workshop' taking place on June 17th, 1977 at the Texas Union.

A 1956 Amarillo Globe Times newspaper article against the Texas jury trial law to determine if someone needs institutional care for mental illness. In favor of implementing a similar law to the Kansas law that separates groups of mentally ill…

A 1956 Amarillo Globe-Times Article about the rehabilitation of a child at the Children's Unit at Topeka Hospital. Advocates for a similar unit in Texas mental hospitals and for a focus on rehabilitation instead of life in an institution. Part of a…

A 1956 Amarillo Globe-Times newspaper article about a 14-point plan to improve Texas mental hospitals.

A 1956 Amarillo Globe-Times Article about the founder of the Texas Mental Hospital Association's efforts to improve mental hospitals in Texas.

Volume 1, No. 1 of a newsletter produced by the University of Texas at Austin Services for Handicapped Students.

5" x 7" postcard, three-story brick building with a stone foundation and dormers, inscription on front of image includes: "Nov. 20-05", "They haven't got me yet."

A pamphlet with a hand-drawn cover detailing the counseling and psychological resources available to students at UT Austin