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Community Living Assistance and Support Services Program (CLASS)
A family guide to the rehabilitation of the severely head-injured patient
Brent Berryman and Dick Cantrell playing catch
Brent Berryman riding his bicycle
Correspondence between Jean Riley and the Gates Foundation on cerebral palsy
Dick Cantrell
Euthanasia: Pro and Con
Fort Worth Army Recruiting Station collecting money for the March of Dimes
Gerry Tanner playing in a wagon in the front yard of his house
Helping Restore Ability brochure
Helping Restore Ability: Frequently Asked Questions
Interview with Stephen Booher conducted by Alexa Bynum, March 22, 2018
Judy Parman wearing an orthopedic brace
Marguerite Clarke, polio patient, shown with her birthday cake
May 1937 examination reports
November 1946 examination report and letters
Resource (The), April/May 1998
Response to legislative report
Rusk State Hospital, Rusk, Texas
Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Seven challenges: a report on conditions in the State Hospitals of Texas
The Shorthorn: Artificial heart working
The Shorthorn: Commission offers handicapped aid
The Shorthorn: Girl hemophiliac seeks normal life
The Shorthorn: Hepatitis reports reach epidemic proportions
The Shorthorn: Polio patient heads driving class
The Shorthorn: Psychology students helping retarded children function
The Shorthorn: Quadriplegic overcoming barriers
The Shorthorn: Retarded have rights too
The Shorthorn: Salk looks to future
The Shorthorn: Therapy program eases ills
The Shorthorn: ‘Champions’ saved David
[Dr. James L. Matthews, researcher at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas]
[Joshua Davis recovering from chemotherapy session]
[Joshua Davis recovering from chemotherapy session]
Health and Medicine
Community Living Assistance and Support Services Program (CLASS)
The Shorthorn: Implant restores hearing and Care of retarded queried
A clash of egos, a battle of idealogies: A report on session
A family guide to the rehabilitation of the severely head-injured patient
A policy analysis of the Texas Health and Human Service Delivery System March, 1999
Abilene State Hospital postcard
Administration building at Rusk State Hospital
C. T. D. news, January 1988
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (CTD) Consulting on HHSC REP for STAR+ PLUS
Creating affordable housing options for persons with brain injury [Part 2]
Creating affordable housing options for persons with brain injury, [Part 1]
Crusade against the crippler
CTD Original Resolution Forms
Dallas Tuberculous Association
Doctor's residence floor at Terrell State Hospital
Euthanasia: Pro and Con
Handicapped Resource Association: Guide to Hiring and Discharging Employees
Head Injury
Helping Restore Ability informational pamphlet
Helping Restore Ability: Frequently Asked Questions
Helping Restore Ability: Home Health Services pamphlet
Helping Restore Ability: overview
HRAbility Times
HRAbility times, Inaugural edition, Fall 1999, Volume 1, number 1
Interview with Bob Kafka and Stephanie Thomas conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel July 11, 2018
Jenkins Garrett Postcard Collection- Providence Sanitarium, Waco, Texas
Jenkins Garrett Postcard Collection- Providence Sanitarium, Waco, Texas
Letter from Dr. Robert Shaw
Letter from Dr. W. B. Carrell to Norman L. Smith
Letter from Vicki Niedermayer to CMPAS clients
Letter to Mr. Ken Ardoin of Pfizer from Dennis Borel of The Texas Coalition of People with Disabilities
Marguerite Clarke, polio patient, shown with her birthday cake
May 1937 examination reports
North Texas Asylum
November 1946 examination report and letters
Providence Sanitarium, Waco, Texas
Provident Sanitarium, Waco, Texas
Provident Sanitarium, Waco, Texas
Resource (The), April/May 1998
Resource (The), December 1997/January 1998
Resource (The), July/July 1998
Response to legislative report
Rusk State Hospital, Rusk, Texas
Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Saxe scholarship given
Seven challenges: a report on conditions in the State Hospitals of Texas
Sister Elizabeth Kenny examines the back muscles of Nana Gale Jeffreys, 8
Statewide action plan of supports and services for persons with traumatic brain injuries and their families
Terrell State Hospital
Terrell State Hospital group picture
Terrell State Hospital historical [information]
Texas State Tuberculosis Sanitorium
Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board presents a summary of the gaps in services in the Texas health and human services delivery system
The Shorthorn: Artificial heart working
The Shorthorn: Commission offers handicapped aid
The Shorthorn: Committee seeks cancer registry
The Shorthorn: Eye Operation Fails to Restore Vision
The Shorthorn: Freewheeler coach
The Shorthorn: Girl hemophiliac seeks normal life
The Shorthorn: Hepatitis reports reach epidemic proportions
The Shorthorn: Homecoming-on-the-mall Freewheelers, food, prizes
The Shorthorn: Polio patient heads driving class
The Shorthorn: Salk looks to future
The Shorthorn: Therapy program eases ills
The Shorthorn: ‘Champions’ saved David
THINK tank ' 07
Travel and medical notes
United States of America vs. State of Texas Settlement Agreement
Wichita Falls State Hospital
[A man enters The Day Enrichment Center in Arlington, for physical, occupational, and art therapy]
[Betty Gay Pachol, 2 years old, is first child to receive the Kenny treatment for polio]
[Brick dormitory houses employees of the Big Spring State Hospital for mental health patients]
[Camellia Cosgrove standing with a tray of bottles at the new Fort Worth Eye Bank]
[Dr. James L. Matthews, researcher at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas]
[Dr. Robert Bennet and Alma Boone, supervisor of nurses at City-County Hospital in Fort Worth]
[Gwen Tao teaches Craig Crosby how to lift his feet onto wheelchair footrests]
[Jerry Shrader, age 2, is polio patient at Harris Memorial Hospital in Fort Worth]
[Joshua Davis recovering from chemotherapy session]
[Joshua Davis recovering from chemotherapy session]
[Mary Kay Galantowicz comforts Donnie Keck at John Peter Smith Hospital's AIDS clinic]
[Mary Kay Galantowicz comforts Larry at John Peter Smith Hospital's AIDS clinic]
[Patient care assistants lined up at one of the new Texas State Hospitals]
[Pattie Johnson in multiple sclerosis swim class]
[Polio patients at Fort Worth's Harris Methodist Hospital]
[Robert, a patient at the Wichita Falls State Hospital, learns janitorial skills]
[Roberta Bolin, TCU student, being x-rayed by Tarrant County Tuberculosis society]
[The state's newest mental hospital at the old Victory Field at Vernon where overflow patients from Wichita Falls State Hospital will be housed]
[View of quarter-mile long sidewalk to an expansion for Big Spring State Hospital]
Public Health
Community Living Assistance and Support Services Program (CLASS)
1998 Addendum to the priority home continuum of care plan for homeless persons in Arlington: A report by Arlington Human Service Planners Priority Home II Task Force
Actionline, Volume 95-4, June 13, 1995
Appointment of Janey Briscoe
Barbara Gomez, four year old child with polio, exchanges a March of Dimes check for a penny piece of bubble gum
C. T. D. news, August 1985
C. T. D. news, March 1985
C. T. D. news, May 1986
Champion, a quarterly newsletter of the Advocacy Committee of the C. T. D., Fall 1996
Client Handbook: Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Services Program
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities newsletter, December 1993
Helping Restore Ability: Frequently Asked Questions
Letter from Adelaide Horn to John Dycus
Live-in attendant care manual 1977
Terrell Hospital employment application and letters
Texas Transition Model: School to Work Transition Curriculum Volume II
Texas Transition Model: School to Work Transition curriculum volume II part 2: Accessing community resources
The Shorthorn: $ 5 million aid sought
The Shorthorn: Committee seeks cancer registry
The Shorthorn: Handicapped finds dorm life beneficial
The Shorthorn: Mental program working
The Shorthorn: On Campus-Technology assists disabled
The Shorthorn: Therapy program eases ills
Vocational Assessment Handbook Part 2
[750 pounds of Salk vaccine arrives in Fort Worth at Carswell AFB]
[Audra Mathison, State Sanatorium nurses' superintendent, adjusts bedding]
[Barbara Ellen Watson, 9 years old and 4th grader at West Side Elementary in Arlington, gets the first Salk polio vaccine]
[Betty Gay Pachol, 2 years old, is first child to receive the Kenny treatment for polio]
[Brad Eddins, an AIDS patient at Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital, talks to the media during a rally for better AIDS services at J.P.S.]
[Brad Eddins, an AIDS patient at Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital, watches protesters during a rally for better AIDS services at J.P.S.]
[Carswell AFB medics unload 750 pounds of Salk vaccine from C-47 plane]
[Hearing-impaired children play at Regional School for the Deaf]
[James Hughes, 4th grader at West Side Elementary in Arlington, receives a sucker after getting a Salk polio vaccine shot]
[Jim Krum, age 6, watches J.R. Kilman, a pharmacist, put Sabin vaccine on sugar cubes]
[Joe Clark Jr. and Permelia Clark sit in the shade, on rocking chairs]
[Joe Clark Jr. secures lid on family garbage can]
[Kenneth W. Tallant, age 10, receives polio injection at Peter Smith Elementary School]
[Lucy Gregory prepares to X-ray Mansfield High School students]
[Mary Kay Galantowicz comforts Donnie Keck at John Peter Smith Hospital's AIDS clinic]
[Mary Kay Galantowicz comforts Larry at John Peter Smith Hospital's AIDS clinic]
[Mrs. C.R. Hickman, one of the volunteers working in the polio ward at Harris Hospital]
[Mrs. Mary Wood, volunteers in the polio ward at Harris Hospital]
[Nurses Aide Mrs. E.T. Stearns interviews Arthur Corbitt]
[Participants try to function with splints on their hands to simulate disability]
[Polio patients at Fort Worth's Harris Methodist Hospital]
[Polio vaccination forms being prepared by PTA volunteers]
[Protesters stage a rally outside Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital]
[Roberta Bolin, TCU student, being x-rayed by Tarrant County Tuberculosis society]
[Sis and Bud take a nap on an old-fashioned pallet on a hot afternoon]
[Student Jewell Jackson with patient Donna Lee Atkinson]
[Unidentified child with polio reads get well cards while lying in bed]
Technology and Equipment
From accessibility to mobility: Solutions for the new millennium- 1999 Project ACTION Technical Assistance Conference
Annual report: Fall 2007- Summer 2008 - C. T. D.
Charles Buckner training at the Mathis Artificial Limb and Brace Company
Chhayly Mak, member of the Movin' Mavs 1992 champion basketball team
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities Delegate Assembly 1983 Resolutions
Color photograph of University of Texas at Arlington Movin' Mavs basketball player Dennis Harrison
Color photograph of University of Texas at Arlington Movin' Mavs basketball player Jason Van Beek
CTD Summary of Changes & Additions
Dennis Palmer, member of the Movin' Mavs 1992 champion basketball team
Failure to communicate? Not with this device
Interview with John Dycus conducted by Miles Shaffer, November 3, 2013
Interview with Leah Gardner conducted by Alexa Bynum, May 3, 2018
Interview with Nancy Crowther conducted by Trevor Engel and Sarah Rose, August 16, 2017
Interview with Richard Frame conducted by Trevor Engel and Sarah Rose, July 12, 2017 (part 2)
Interview with Wendy Gumbert conducted by Andrew Ondich, March 26, 2018
Judy Parman wearing an orthopedic brace
Lee Castillo, Chee Ho and Juan Pulido, assistants to the University of Texas at Arlington Movin' Mavs basketball team
Minutes from Coordinating Board of Texas College and University System
Pho Tran, member of the Movin' Mavs 1992 champion basketball team
Resource (The), April/May 1997
Robby Holcomb, member of the Movin' Mavs 1992 champion basketball team
Testimony House Elections Committee
The Brewery Worker, March 1957
The Brewery Worker, March 1958
The Shorthorn: Eye Operation Fails to Restore Vision
The Shorthorn: Polio patient heads driving class
Tribute to Coach Hayes
UTA Magazine October 1983
UTA Magazine October 1984
Willie Hernandes and Jesus Alamillo, members of the Movin' Mavs 1992 championship basketball team
[Drew Quarles (left) and Kevin Rogers assist Dave Millett in the pool]
[Drew Quarles and Kevin Rogers assist Dave Millett]
[Jane Lewis and Mark LaPlant, in braces, view an exhibit at Fort Worth's Crippled Children Society]
[Joe Jackson enjoys his dogs outside]
[Man in wheelchair receiving assistance boarding a van]
[Marc Buoniconti with Linda Westfall and former TCU football player Kent Waldrep]
[Mary Helen Ashburn, healthcare worker for Fort Worth-Tarrant County Tuberculosis Society]
[Michelle Spann watches Sandra L. Clarkson as she hooks up a new hearing device, a cochlear implant, for Charles Spann]
[Mr. and Mrs. Harold Andrews demonstrate the TV phone designed to help the deaf communicate]
[Paulette Lyons uses a phone device for deaf customers]
[People showing the effects of infantile paralysis]
[Roberta Bolin, TCU student, being x-rayed by Tarrant County Tuberculosis society]
[Sam Provence celebrates his 10th birthday]
[Sandra L. Clarkson hooks up a new hearing device, a cochlear implant, for Charles Spann]
[Virginia Sall, physical therapist, assists Mrs. Robert L. Hughes on machine designed to strengthen leg muscles]
[Woman demonstrates TTY telephone]
[Young patient assisted by volunteer enjoys a parallel bar exercise-game]