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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Preventing Discrimination in the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients: The Illegality of Medical Rationing on the Basis of Disability

  • COVID-19

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Reinstate Medical Deferred Action for Disabled Disabled Immigrants

  • Disability Rights
  • Healthcare
  • Immigration
  • Isabel Bueso
  • Medical Deferred Action

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Stop Blaming Gun Violence on Mental Illness

  • Healthcare
  • Mental Health

Action Alert, Statement

DREDF Rejects Attempt by Trump Administration to Reverse Progress on School Safety

  • School-to-Prison Pipeline

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DREDF Statement on the Crisis in Puerto Rico

  • Puerto Rico

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DREDF Statement on Abandoned Graham-Cassidy ACA Repleal Bill

  • Affordable Care Act
  • Graham-Cassidy
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid

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So-called Safeguards and Minimal Oversight: The Assisted Suicide Law in Oregon

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Presentation to Older Womens League on Assisted Suicide

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Key Objections to the Legalization of Assisted Suicide