Our Legal Cases: Fighting for Disability Rights

DREDF uses strategic litigation to protect and advance the rights of disabled people. We take on high-impact cases that challenge discrimination, improve accessibility, and set legal precedents that benefit the broader disability community. Explore our casework to learn how we’re making an impact.

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Ninth Circuit Takes California Department Of Education (CDE) To Task

  • California Department Of Education
  • CDE
  • IDEA
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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East County NAACP Sues Antioch Unified School District for Violating Agreement on Civil and Disability Rights

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • STPP

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California Assisted Suicide Law Is Denounced By Leading Disability Rights Policy Center

  • Californians Against Assisted Suicide
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights

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NAD and Gogo Agree to Make Closed Captions Available on In-Flight Entertainment Systems

  • Accessibility
  • Arlene Mayerson
  • Captioning
  • Closed Captions
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Self-Driving Cars the Focus of Latest Report from the NCD

  • #AutoAutos
  • National Council on Disability
  • Technology

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Amazon Agrees to Caption Amazon Video By December 31, 2016

  • a11y
  • Accessibility
  • Captioning

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Antioch School Officials Agree to Groundbreaking Collaboration

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Education
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • NAACP

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National Association of the Deaf Sues Harvard and MIT for Discrimination in Public Online Content

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Harvard
  • Legal Advocacy
  • MIT
  • NAD

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National Federation of the Blind Reaches Agreement with U.S. Department of Education

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Braille
  • Electronic Records
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • Web Accessibility

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New Project Pioneers Enforcing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Globally

  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • RightsNow!