Allies to Survivors with Disabilities (ASD)
Do you know that people in the disability and D/deaf communities are at increased risk for domestic violence? And yet, members of these communities may not even know that there are domestic and sexual violence services and supports available in their own cities and towns.
Join Allies to Survivors with Disabilities (ASD), and help increase awareness and promote access to services and supports for survivors who are D/deaf or who have disabilities. Members will work with family violence programs and TCFV to encourage and coordinate the availability of quality services that are accessible to everyone. We are looking for new members who want to help with this effort.
For more information, submit your email in the box below or email asd@tcfv.org.
On this Page:
- ASD Mission and Purpose
- Articles Written by Our Members
- Resources for People with Disabilities
- Resources for Advocates
- Materials and Information
- Information on Deaf Culture and Specific Disabilities
- Request More Information About ASD
Mission: To improve access, availability and quality of domestic violence services for survivors with disabilities. To raise awareness in the domestic violence community of services needed by survivors with disabilities, and in the disability community of services available to survivors with disabilities.
Purpose: The Allies to Survivors with Disabilities’ (ASD) purpose is to:
- Promote access to family violence services for survivors with disabilities;
- Work with family violence programs to encourage availability of quality services for survivors with disabilities;
- Advocate for increased high quality services for people with disabilities;
- Support research regarding survivors with disabilities;
- Coordinate services between family violence programs and other non-dv service providers accessed by survivors with disabilities; and
- Increase awareness of services and supports available to survivors with disabilities.
Articles Written by Our Members:
Help We Have a Referral of Someone Who is Deaf
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Persons with DisabilitiesÂ
Strategies for Working with Domestic Violence Survivors with Mental IllnessÂ
Guardianship: What is it and when Does it Matter?
Resources for People with Disabilities:
Advocacy, Inc.
1-800-252-9108 (V/TDD)
SafePlace Disability Services ASAP
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
1-866-331-9474
1-866-331-8453 (TTY)
United Cerebral Palsy of Texas
The Arc of Texas
1-800-252-9729
Project Mend
Medical equipment network for the disabled
(888) 903-MEND (6363)
National Alliance on Mental Illness
703-524-7600
703-516-7227 (TTY)
1-800-950-NAMI (6264) (Information Helpline)
Texas State Independent Living Council
877-372-7353 (Voice)
512-371-7353 (Voice/TTY)
Advocacy, Inc.
1-800-252-9108 (V/TDD)
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
1-800-628-5115, 1-866-581-9328 (TTY)
Texas Department of State Health Services, Community Mental Health
1-888-963-7111, 1-800-735-2989 (TTY)
Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
512-438-3011
Adult Protective Services
512-438-4800 (office)
1-800-252-5400 (to report abuse or neglect)
Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
512-437-5432
800-262-0334
National Alliance on Mental Illness
703-524-7600
703-516-7227 (TTY)
1-800-950-NAMI (6264) (Information Helpline)
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) Southwest ADA Center
Promotes voluntary compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
1-800-949-4ADA (4232) (Voice and TTY)
Power and Control Wheel: Caretaker Abuse
from the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
People First Language
Fact Sheet from SafePlace Disability Services ASAP
Describing People with Disabilities
From the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
Americans with Disabilities Act
US Department of Justice Web Page
Fact Sheet Order Form
from SafePlace Disability Services ASAP
SafePlace Disability Services ASAP National Resource Lending Library
Accessing Safety
Meeting the needs of Women with disabilities & Deaf women who are victims or survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & stalking
Information on Deaf Culture and Specific Disabilities:
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis
Etiquette for Interacting with People Who are Blind
Working with People with Cognitive Disabilities