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Chase Bearden

Deputy executive director, Coalition of Texans with Disabilities

Chase Bearden is director of advocacy for the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. He has successfully advocated for positive change in government policy and practice in employment, transportation, voting, education, health care and architectural barriers to promote the full inclusion of people with disabilities in community life.

Latest Columns

Health

Texas lawmakers should act to protect stable patients like me

By Chase Bearden, March 19, 2019

For patients with chronic health conditions, finding stability is a painful, time-consuming and expensive process that may take months or years, with visits to various specialists, treatments tried and failed, time away from work and family and even costly hospitalizations when things go wrong.

Transportation

The promise of new rides for Texans with disabilities

By Chase Bearden, May 17, 2017

Why should accessibility be a top priority of Texas leaders in the debate over high-speed trains, autonomous vehicles, and TNCs? Simply put, creating transportation equity allows all Texans greater access to employment, education, and upward economic mobility.