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1978-1979 1979-1980 1981-1986 1987-1990 1991-1998 1997-1999 2000-2007 2008-present 1978-1980 You Gave Us Your Dimes, Now Give Us Our Rights | top First national legal services back-up center for disability rights is established at the Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, California. 1979-1980 Onward From California: DREDF Starts Up And Shouts Out | top DREDF founders convene meeting of national civil rights leaders, who identify need for national disability rights defense fund. We establish a Washington office to extend the work of its California headquarters to the nation’s capital. DREDF [...] ...

eNews December, 2010 — Sometimes you have to push a few buttons to make a difference October, 2010 — Webinar Series: Topic Guides on ADA Transportation August, 2010 — Alert on ADA Transportation July 26, 2010 — Happy Birthday ADA! July, 2010 — Topic Guides on ADA Transportation May 2010 — Healthcare Reform — Extensive Implementation Process Lies Ahead April 2010 — US Human Rights Consultations: Disability Perspectives – How You Can Help March 2010 — UPR Human Rights Panel January 2010 — New Article Explaining the Dangers of Legalizing Assisted Suicide January 2010 — Tell  [...] ...

In autumn 2019, the National Council on Disability published a series of reports on bioethics and disability. The five reports were written by a team of disability organizations headed by DREDF, which appreciates and acknowledges the valued work of our partners in creating the series: the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and Not Dead Yet. The five reports are: September 25, 2019 Organ Transplant  [...] ...

Presented at the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium (April 2012) Jernigan Institute, Baltimore, MD Silvia Yee Staff Attorney Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund When I was growing up in Canada, there were those very rare occasions when my first generation Chinese father and I would butt heads about something or other. During these discussions, my father, who refined his fluent English by going to movie theaters a lot as a young man in his 20s, would sometimes feel compelled to shake [...] ...

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From The Oregonian Title: An OHSU study finds that pain management has not kept up with expectations of the 1997 law Date: Friday, July 23, 2004 Author: Don Colburn Subtitle: Pain relief for dying patients in Oregon has not kept up with rising expectations and even may have faltered in recent years, a new study suggests. Article: Dying patients are nearly twice as likely to experience moderate or severe pain during the last week of life, as reported by surviving relatives, [...] ...

“End-of-Life Care” and “Patients Right to Know” Acts Read about the dangerous new campaign by Compassion and Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) and other assisted suicide proponents. These letters and Op Ed were written in opposition to California AB 2747, signed into law in September 2008 and entitled by its supporters as “Terminal Patients’ Right to Know End-of-Life Options Act.” There are bills to enact similar laws in Maryland and Arizona. DREDF’s letter against AB 2747, September 4, 2008 Ben Mattlin’s Op Ed in the LA Times, October 19, 2008 California  [...] ...

DREDF reports, articles, books, issue papers, handbooks, guides, pamphlets, videos and other communications are intended to provide information and help on issues affecting people with disabilities. Our materials are directed to a diverse audience including attorneys, advocates, parents of children with disabilities and people with disabilities, as well as the general public. Books Authors at DREDF published a book in 2000 called Disability Rights Law and Policy: International And National Perspectives  [...] ...