December 15, 2023
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.
December 14, 2023
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.
February 14, 2024
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. [...]
December 5, 2023
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in the Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer case. The case was dismissed as moot.
November 22, 2023
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.
November 16, 2023
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.
November 13, 2023
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.
October 24, 2023
The ruling affirms that MVUSD’s school police must comply with federal law and cannot discriminate against students with disabilities.
October 4, 2023
DREDF is hopeful that SCOTUS will allow testers to continue to play a meaningful role in the enforcement of civil rights laws and bring the ADA's still-unfulfilled promise closer to fruition.
September 12, 2023
DREDF joined a letter to protest a recent decision by an Advisory Committee of National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities to not recognize people with disabilities as a health disparity population across the National Institutes of Health.