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AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is expanding a state program that is aimed at improving communication between law enforcement officers and drivers with certain disabilities or health conditions.<\/p>\n
Texas driver’s license updates for deaf, hard of hearing drivers <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Texas DPS officials announced Tuesday that Texans who voluntarily participate in the Texas Driving with Disability Program can now choose to have either a communication impediment or a new deaf\/hard of hearing designation displayed prominently on the front of their driver’s license or identification card.<\/p>\n
Previously, the program only offered a communication impediment option.<\/p>\n
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Purpose of the Texas driving with disability program <\/p>\n
State officials said the indicators are intended to help officers recognize when a person may have difficulty communicating during a traffic stop or other interaction.<\/p>\n
The program is administered in partnership with the Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities.<\/p>\n
How to apply <\/p>\n
What you can do:<\/p>\n
To enroll, applicants must provide a physician\/psychiatrist\u2019s statement form signed by a health care provider, along with the standard documentation required for driver’s license or ID card transactions, during an in-person appointment at a DPS office.<\/p>\n
Appointments can be scheduled online through DPS. A list of qualifying disabilities and health conditions is available through the Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities website.<\/p>\n
Texas DPS and Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) held a statewide webinar to highlight these updates and provide guidance on how Texans can access all Texas Driving with Disability Program features. A full video recording of the webinar can be found on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this article was provided by Texas DPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n Transportation<\/a>Texas<\/a>Cars and Trucks<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is expanding a state program that is aimed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13870,1046,242,223,27,29,28,840,216,393],"class_list":["post-300808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-auto","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-transportation","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}