August 6, 2013
AB 241will have a negative impact on people with disabilities who, as a constituent group, are as economically and socially marginalized as domestic workers, equally at risk of exploitation and abuse...
Author Archives: DREDF
Raise Your Voice for the ADA and Disability Treaty!
July 22, 2013
This is the week to weigh in on the Disability Treaty. Last week we heard from the New York Times Editorial Board and Stevie Wonder. This week we’ve heard from Secretary of State John Kerry. It’s time for the community to weigh in! If you will be in Washington, DC this week, we hope you will join the US International Council on Disabilities (USICD) and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) at the events below on Thursday, July 25: ...
Orrin Hatch Statement on CRPD
July 15, 2013
Yesterday afternoon Senator Hatch took to the Senate floor and unprovoked, made a long statement in opposition to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Senator Hatch claims that he supports disability rights, but actions speak louder than words. Taking to the Senate Floor to oppose the disability treaty is a clear sign that he intends to turn his back on people with disabilities both here in the U.S. and around the world.
New Advocate’s Guide on CCI
July 2, 2013
DREDF and National Senior Citizens Law Center Release New Advocate's Guide on California's Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI)
Disability-Bias Hate Crimes
July 2, 2013
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) calls for the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prosecute the murder of Alex Spourdalakis under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. The federal government may prosecute a violent act as a hate crime when "the crime was committed because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of any person" as it was in the case of Alex Spourdalakis.
Activate June 24-27 for Justin Dart and the Disability Treaty!
June 20, 2013
On the anniversary of the passing of a great American and leader within the Disability Community let us all honor Justin's memory by calling your Senators and the leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asking them to: "Release the disability treaty and hold hearings!"
Webinar: The California Coordinated Care Initiative
June 19, 2013
Webinar: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: What Advocates Need to Know – Basics
Apple Committed to Captioning
June 15, 2013
For more than 20 years, Apple has been committed to accessibility across its products and services. Apple has led the industry in developing tools for networks and studios to easily deliver their content with top–quality closed captioning, which works seamlessly across various devices. Nearly all new movies and TV shows in iTunes already offer closed captioning, and by March 2014 the vast majority of the iTunes catalog will offer closed captioning.
Strengthening America’s Schools Act (SASA)
June 9, 2013
SASA eliminates the 2% modified achievement standards and ensures that only students for whom the alternate assessment based on alternate academic standards (AA-AAS) is appropriate may have their progress measured by this standard. It also affirms performance targets for all students, clarifies the size of subgroups as being 15 students, requires data collection to improve school climate and measure academic growth, and ensures that schools implement multi-tier assessments and universal design for learning.
DREDF represents the American Diabetes Association in the California Supreme Court
May 28, 2013
DREDF is representing the American Diabetes Association (ADA) with co–counsel Reed Smith, LLP, as intervenor in a case of critical importance to California schoolchildren with diabetes and their rights to diabetes health related services in school and during school–sponsored activities. The case is set for hearing before the California Supreme Court on May 29, 2013, and a decision will issue within 90 days.