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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Neelam Bohra

For deaf children in Texas foster care, limited accessibility compounds trauma

A sign for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services building in Austin on Nov. 14, 2019.
A sign for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services building in Austin on Nov. 14, 2019. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

In early 2019, a small group of foster parents clustered in the governor’s office, hoping months of working with the state would improve things for children like theirs: deaf or hard of hearing and traumatized by a system that struggled to care for them.

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