Disability committee requests city conduct first census of local disabled community

The city may move forward with conducting its first comprehensive census of the local disabled population, a move that disability advocates say will help to properly gauge the need for services and other resources for that community. At a special meeting held last week, the Mayor’s Committee for People With Disabilities passed a recommendation for City Council to approve and carry out a point-in-time count of Austin’s disabled community. Committee Member Pete Salazar, who had requested the census in a recent meeting and helped to draft the language, said Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool has indicated support for the count.