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.

Statement

DREDF Opposes Elimination of Fundamental Protections in California’s End of Life Options Act

  • End of Life Options Act

Statement

DREDF’s Open Letter to CDC and Director Rochelle P. Walensky

  • COVID-19
  • Omicron
  • open letter

Statement

DREDF Honors the Life of Disability Rights Champion Senator Robert Dole

Statement

DREDF Applauds President Biden’s Plan To Increase Essential Support for Disabled Americans

Statement

DREDF Opposes Fast Tracking Assisted Suicide

In Memoriam

In Memory of Marilyn Golden

General, Statement

Supreme Court Ruling Leaves ACA Intact

  • ACA
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Supreme Court

Statement

DREDF Condemns Domestic Terrorism

Statement

In Honor of Richard “Dick” Thornburgh 1932-2020

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Statement

DREDF Condemns ICE’s Involuntary Sterilization of Immigrant Women

  • Civil Rights
  • Immigration