September 13, 2023
Disabled Marriage Equality Now:
Commitment Ceremony
& Dance Party
July 28, 2023
CCD Members Join in Solidarity
with the Transgender and Broader
LGBTQI+ Community
June 27, 2023
Fighting for Safe Access
in a Masks-Optional
Healthcare Environment
Latest News
If ADA testers lose standing, people with disabilities will continue to experience discrimination and barriers to their full participation in society.
Two bills in Sacramento would make it easier for disabled people to serve on advisory boards and committees and protect their health by participating remotely.
The undersigned members of the CCD join in solidarity with the transgender and broader LGBTQI+ community to denounce discrimination against LGBTQI+ people, including those with disabilities.
How can we fight for safer access to healthcare in this increasingly masks-optional world? People with disabilities have federally protected civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and state laws to equal access to places of public accommodation and government programs, like public and private healthcare settings.
We are very sad to report that our longtime friend and colleague, Neil Jacobson, died on May 10, 2023, at his home in Oakland, California. Neil was a committed disability rights advocate and a supreme optimist. When someone told him that something was too complex, expensive, or impractical, he unfailingly said, "Why?" He insisted that it was possible to achieve any goal by simply persevering and believing in the righteousness of its purpose. He ended every email and conversation by saying, "Go, go, go!" That drive, tenacity, and, yes, stubbornness enabled Neil to convince his wife and life partner, Denise, to marry him and to persuade the social service bureaucracy that they should adopt their son, David. Neil himself acknowledged that his life was filled with joy and happiness. During Neil's memorial service, family members recalled him saying, "I'm the luckiest guy in the world."
The DREDF Blog
Briefs recently filed in the pending Supreme Court case of Acheson v. Laufer forward a number of false narratives about ADA litigation, and the people who bring ADA cases. Let’s examine, and debunk, some of these enforcement myths.
Pride is power. Let us see the value in each other.
Barbie's path to disability inclusion has been a bumpy one.
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The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) put out several questions on May 5, 2023 for public comment on the coverage and delivery of preventives services for people with disabilities. The AHRQ evidence-based practice center started an investigation in late April on the barriers that people with disabilities face when they seek preventive care, and seek information on the benefits and harms of interventions to reduce those barriers. AHRQ [lays a key role in the federal process that recognizes populations that experience health and healthcare disparities. DREDF has long argued that people with disabilities experience inequitable health and healthcare disparities. and provided responses to the AHRQ questions.