u/PurpletieSans

THIS IS A PSA ABOUT TEXAS NEUROREHAB. I DON’T KNOW IF ANYONE REALLY NEEDS THIS BUT I NEED TO PUT THIS OUT SOMEWHERE.

Do not let the good reviews for this place fool you! The inpatient services specifically, are horrible. I don’t know exactly where to start, honestly. So I’ll list a few reasons this place HAS to be shut down for good:

• It’s absolutely filthy. In the bathrooms, there is human waste smeared on the walls that they hadn’t cleaned in probably years. There’s also a lot of bugs (like cockroaches, rolly pollies, these oval-shaped black beetles, etc.) all over the place. Every time the kids complained, most of the staff blamed the kids for “not keeping their space clean”.
• They neglect the kids. When I first got there, I had an anxiety attack and begged for my PRN. They kept saying no and told me I was being “disrespectful”. I was sobbing and panicking. They didn’t give it to me until about 15-30 minutes after I stopped crying as a sort of reward?
• One of my past roommates, 17F, had a medical emergency on her first night there. She was nauseous, holding her stomach, and I stayed up until midnight to make sure nothing happened because the staff wouldn’t do anything. They said she was fine because she wasn’t bleeding or vomiting. I overheard a conversation between a nurse and tech the next day complaining that “these kids are so disrespectful” and “demanding”. (The staff really had a weird thing for calling kids disrespectful for some reason.)
• The weekends are especially a nightmare. Mostly the least qualified staff work on those days. Not all of them are mean, but all care is conditional.
• A (now fired) staff named Michelle hit a kid. Michelle is and old black lady with white hair who wears thick, black eyelashes. I could tell made the kids feel uncomfortable.
• There is SO MUCH NOISE. Weird considering that place is supposed to be for neurodivergent kids. It frames itself as a “rehab center” but if anything, it’s the exact opposite. One staff said it’s because “it’s the only way to get the kids’ attention”.

Also, here is a copy of the handbook they give you when you first get there just so you don’t have to get one yourself. FYI, it’s old and hasn’t been updated in a while. For example, Program Refusals are now considered a category one not two. And also I don’t think kids actually have the right to revive mail without nurses consent or something.

I really hope someone finds this post useful.