March 28, 2023
The consequences of people with disabilities not being counted among those who are capable of good health results in a self-fulfilling prophecy that ensures disabled people can rarely achieve good health.
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
Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Accessibility for People with Disabilities
March 7, 2023
The autonomous vehicle advocacy of the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, known as DREDF, is rooted in our belief that access to safe, affordable, reliable transportation is a civil right.
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.
In Memory of Judy Heumann (1947 – 2023)
March 5, 2023
There's a larger-than-life photo of Judy Heumann in the rotunda of the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California, where DREDF's office is located. We have rolled or walked past her image thousands of times, but the photo never just blends into the background—like Judy, it always draws our attention.
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.
Comments Providing Information for Better Capturing People With Disabilities in U.S. Census Surveillance
November 15, 2022
While DREDF is encouraged by state actions to equitably recognize their full disability population and more accurately capture their needs, we call on the Census Bureau to both follow the possibilities of what states have done and assume a leadership role in setting a new national standard for disability population data collection. We make the following recommendations...