Monthly Archives: March 2016

Isaac R.’s Story

My name is Isaac R, and I am a senior in high school this year. I have been dual-enrolled since tenth grade and will graduate high school with my AA degree from the local college. I plan to continue my college education and earn a degree in Accounting. My TBI was a result of brain […]

Mindy C.’s Story

I’m looking to pursue an education in the Health Science and Eventually Nursing Field and while I know it will be challenging for me at this time it has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and I believe I can do it even with my current disabilities.. I was a victim […]

Monty C.’s Story

I would like to apply for the scholarship donation. I did sustain a traumatic brain injury December 17th, 2007. I was in Denver Health for six weeks. I did physical therapy, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy for a year. In 2012 I was coming to the realization of what my life wad become […]

Focus on Prison Reform

The scene is not all that unusual. An inmate at a Texas prison is taking a shop class – rehabilitation is important – but he can’t really progress in the class because he can’t read a tape measure. This is the sort of problem that is often encountered when penal institutions try to teach literacy […]

Audit says APD data collection flawed on race

In a recent blog article (Cops Accused of Misrepresenting Race on Traffic Stops), we advised our readers that officers of the Austin Police Department had been accused of recording the wrong race of some of the people who were the subject of traffic stops. In most of the cases, this “mistake” had been to show […]