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The complaint against the State of California alleging that the Del Norte County Unified School District has failed to provide equal educational opportunities to disabled students in the district as required by the Constitution of the state of California and that the State must step in.
Today, DREDF, CREEC, and the law firm King & Spalding LLP as pro bono counsel filed a complaint against the State of California alleging that the Del Norte County Unified School District has failed to provide equal educational opportunities to disabled students in the district as required by the Constitution of the state of California and that the State must step in.
The "Disabled Adult Child" or DAC benefit is a Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefit. It is a "secondary" benefit, meaning it is based on another person's work record (in this case, the parent of the beneficiary). A DAC beneficiary must be a dependent "adult child" with a qualifying disability that began before age 22. Recipients must be unable to engage in "substantial gainful activity" due to their disability. There are about 1.1 million DAC recipients. [...]
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in the Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer case. The case was dismissed as moot.
DREDF, Women Enabled International, and the Texas Civil Rights Project have filed an amicus brief on behalf of eleven disability rights organizations and scholars in the Texas Supreme Court, urging a fair interpretation of the medical exception to the state's abortion ban.
This summer internship is a full time, 40 hour per week program, that will last at least eight weeks. Interns may work in person at our accessible offices at the Ed Roberts Campus, remotely, or through a hybrid arrangement.
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Landlords use pet screening companies to ensure that tenants’ pets are well-behaved, healthy, and well-cared for. However, assistance animals used by people with disabilities are not considered “pets.” Landlords cannot require disabled people to complete pet screening procedures to live with an assistance animal.
Discrimination against Section 8 participants, which disproportionately impacts people with disabilities, is often rooted in misunderstandings and stereotypes.
Historic properties and places of public accommodation built before the ADA was enacted are not exempt from accessibility requirements.
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DREDF's comments highlight some especially strong advocacy positions on accessible medical equipment, the scope of who should be included as a person with a disability for nondiscrimination purposes, and the relationship between Section 504 and Section 1557, the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act.