April 25, 2023
DREDF and LAFLA have reached the first settlements in a major lawsuit against 22 properties accused of unlawful discrimination against tenants receiving Section 8 vouchers.
Author Archives: DREDF
DREDF and TLDEF File Claims Against TSA for Discrimination Against Transgender Couple with Disabilities
March 21, 2023
Claims include misgendering, offensive questions and comments, failure to accommodate and sexual assault
Addressing Disability and Ableist Bias in Autonomous Vehicles: Ensuring Safety, Equity and Accessibility in Detection, Collision Algorithms and Data Collection
March 9, 2023
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to transform access to transportation and related infrastructure for people with disabilities. AVs and new technologies also come with significant risks of embedding and perpetuating bias and discrimination that permeate society. This brief considers bias within pedestrian detection and collision behavior algorithms, lack of disability representation in the datasets used to train and test AVs, and the need for ethics frameworks that give full recognition to disabled people's humanity and fundamental rights. Policy measures to mitigate the identified risks are proposed.
DREDF and LAFLA Sue 22 Housing Providers for Source-of-Income Discrimination in Los Angeles
January 31, 2023
Yesterday, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against 22 providers of rental housing for alleged source-of-income discrimination against participants in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.
In Memory of Talina Jones 1980 – 2022
January 13, 2023
On December 27, 2022, we lost Talina Jones, a passionate advocate for disabled children and their families and an activist and scholar working at the intersection of ableism and racism. We share in the grief of her family, friends, and colleagues, and send our deepest sympathies to all her loved her.
Action Alert! Oppose California State Bar Proposal on Testing Accommodations
January 12, 2023
The State Bar of California has proposed a rule change that, if implemented, will make it even harder to obtain testing accommodations and be a step backward for disability access and inclusion.
Disability Rights Advocates Issue Demand to City of St. Louis to End Discrimination Against Custodial Workers with Disabilities
January 5, 2023
Today Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and the ACLU of Missouri (ACLU) delivered a letter demanding that on the mayor and aldermen of the City of St. Louis and judicial leadership end and remedy overt and unlawful disability discrimination against the custodial workers who clean and service the court building.
California Disability Community Demands More from State on Abortion Portal
November 29, 2022
Today a coalition of disability organizations led by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) called on the state of California to do more to make its high-profile abortion portal accessible and relevant to disabled Californians. The group made its demands by letter to Governor Newsom and Secretary of Health and Human Services Mark Ghaly, M.D.
November 29, 2022 Disability Coalition Letter re California Abortion Portal
November 29, 2022
We are organizations and networks representing people with disabilities who may need information about abortion or abortion services through California's abortion portal. We include blind people, deaf people, people with intellectual, developmental, and learning disabilities, people with mobility disabilities, and people who are higher weight.
Disabled Woman Seeks Marriage Equality From Social Security Administration – Files Religious Freedom and Due Process Complaint
November 17, 2022
DREDF has just filed an Administrative Complaint with SSA on behalf of Lori Long. Read our press release to learn more.