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The latest from DREDF

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Action Alert, Statement

DREDF Urges Senate to Reject DHS Funding Bill, Expresses Solidarity with Minnesota and All Communities Impacted by ICE Violence

  • Civil Rights
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Public Comment

DREDF Opposes HHS’s Anti-Trans Rule Limiting Section 504

  • Civil Rights
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Statement

New Cuts to Addiction and Mental Health Grants Are Dehumanizing and Deadly

  • Civil Rights
  • Housing
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Presentation, Video, Webinar

Informational Briefing: HHS’s Anti-Trans Proposal to Limit Section 504

  • Civil Rights
  • Healthcare Access

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

We push for a fully inclusive future that is diverse and innovative.

Founded in 1979, DREDF is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. Our mission is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.

DREDF pursues its mission through education, advocacy, and law reform efforts, and is committed to increasing accessible and equally effective healthcare for people with disabilities.

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Event

National Organizing Call: No Federal Funding for Homeless Detention Camps!

  • Housing

Event

Ed Roberts Day: Book Reading of An Independent Man

  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Civil Rights

Event

Part 6 of 10: Writing SMART Goals in the IEP

  • Education
  • Parent Training and Information Center
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