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11/30/2024 – DREDF Monthly – November 2024

10/31/2024 – DREDF Monthly – October 2024

09/30/2024 – DREDF Monthly – September 2024

08/31/2024 – DREDF Monthly – August 2024

07/10/2024 – DREDF Monthly – July 2024

06/06/2024 – DREDF Monthly – Early June 2024

04/30/2024 – DREDF Monthly – April 2024

03/30/2024 – DREDF Monthly – March 2024

02/29/2024 – DREDF Monthly – February 2024

01/31/2024 – DREDF Monthly – January 2024

12/22/2023 – DREDF Monthly – December 2023

11/28/2023 – DREDF Monthly – November 2023

10/31/2023 – DREDF Monthly – October 2023

09/26/2023 – DREDF Monthly – September 2023

08/31/2023 – DREDF Monthly – August 2023

07/31/2023 – DREDF Monthly – July 2023

06/30/2023 – DREDF Monthly – June 2023

05/31/2023 – DREDF Monthly – May 2023

04/30/2023 – DREDF Monthly – April 2023

03/30/2023 – DREDF Monthly – March 2023

02/28/2023 – DREDF Monthly – February 2023

01/31/2023 – This Month in Disability Rights – January 2023

12/30/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – December 2022

11/30/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – November 2022

10/31/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – October 2022

09/30/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – September 2022

08/31/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – August 2022

07/26/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – Celebrating Disability Pride Month – July 2022

06/29/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – June 2022

05/31/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – May 2022

04/28/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – April 2022

03/31/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – March 2022

02/28/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – February 2022

01/31/2022 – This Month in Disability Rights – January 2022

12/23/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – December 2021

11/23/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – November 2021

10/28/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – October 2021

10/01/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – September 2021

08/31/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – August 2021

07/31/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – July 2021

06/30/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – June 2021

05/31/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – May 2021

04/30/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – April 2021

03/30/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – March 2021

02/26/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – February 2021

01/29/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – January 2021

12/23/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – December 2020

11/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – November 2020

10/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – October 2020

09/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – September 2020

08/31/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – August 2020

07/28/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – July 2020

06/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – June 2020

05/28/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – May 2020

04/29/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights

09/14/2017 – DREDF Statement on Hollywood Hills Tragedy

08/13/2017 – In Solidarity Against Racism, Hate, and Bigotry. DREDF’s Statement on Charlottesville

05/03/2017 – DREDF Welcomes Lawrence Carter-Long As Our New Communications Director

06/24/2016 – Arlene B. Mayerson to receive Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights

06/17/2016 – California Assisted Suicide Law Is Denounced by DREDF

05/24/2016 – How Federal Nondiscrimination Rule in Healthcare Will Affect People With Disabilities

04/25/2016 – Claims for Compensation Under Historic Settlement Between DOJ and Greyhound May Now Be Filed

10/12/2015 – REMINDER! Promising Practices Webinar #3: a collaboration between the Independent Living Center, Access to Independence and Care, San Diego

09/30/2015 – Promising Practices Webinar #3: a collaboration between the Independent Living Center, Access to Independence and Care, San Diego, California

07/31/2015 – The Making of the ADA: Week 3 – C. Boyden Gray, Ralph G. Neas, and Arlene Mayerson (Part 2)

07/20/2015 – WEEK TWO: The Making of the ADA – (More) Memories from the 10th Anniversary

07/14/2015 – ADA interviews – first

05/13/2015 – WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: What Advocates Need to Know – Basics 5.26.15

05/01/2015 – In This Issue: Welcome Fulbright, Restraint & Seclusion in Schools, and the ADA at 25

03/26/2015 – Where Race and Disability Meet: A Groundbreaking Collaboration is Achieved with School Officials After NAACP Complaint

12/16/2014 – The best holiday gift for the person with discriminating taste is a civil rights action!

12/01/2014 – eNews: The hard lessons of disproportionality that students of color learn in school

10/08/2014 – National Federation of the Blind Reaches Agreement with U.S. Department of Education

09/08/2014 – New Project Pioneers Enforcing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Globally

09/01/2014 – It’s almost time to honor Sen. Harkin and Rep. Miller on Sept. 3rd!

08/13/2014 – Help DREDF thank Sen. Harkin and Rep. Miller – be with us Sept. 3 at Ed Roberts Campus

07/28/2014 – REMINDER: March and Rally for the Disability Treaty on July 29th!

07/17/2014 – CRPD Mark-Up in the United States Senate

07/09/2014 – Access for Blind and Visually Impaired People Blocked By Single Largest US Healthcare Payer

07/03/2014 – Wake Up The Senate This Independence Day: Time Is Running Out!

07/01/2014 – WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: Basics Training – What Advocates Need to Know

06/30/2014 – CA Healthcare Acces Investigation

06/25/2014 – Celebrate with DREDF, Harkin, and Miller on Sept. 3rd!

06/03/2014 – When you call your Senator today about ratifying the CDRP, tell them “Bond sent me.”

05/07/2014 – It’s Fish Day — Get Your Senator on the Line and Say It’s Time to Ratify the CRPD

04/24/2014 – Senate Champions are committed to getting the treaty passed in 2014 – and are speaking out!

04/16/2014 – If the Senate can unite around fish, it can do the same to protect the rights of people with disabilities.

04/03/2014 – The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 3717 – Murphy)

03/06/2014 – Welcome to the Future: Self-Driving Cars

12/30/2013 – Help us stay on course to DESTINATION: EQUALITY

12/20/2013 – Senator Corker’s Christmas Gift to One Billion People with Disabilities: A Big Lump of Coal

12/12/2013 – Thanks for keeping us on course to DESTINATION: EQUALITY

12/03/2013 – Two Great Days That Work Great Together: #GivingTuesday and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

11/26/2013 – eNews: DREDF Participates in International Exchange

11/22/2013 – Second Hearing on the Disability Treaty Draws Big Crowd

11/20/2013 – WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: Advanced Training I – Consumer Protections and Benefit Package Summary

11/14/2013 – Second CRPD Hearing in the United States Senate, November 21st – 9:30 am

11/07/2013 – Second CRPD Hearing DELAYED

11/04/2013 – Today’s the day CRPD National Call-In Day Nov.4th

11/01/2013 – The Opposition Is Flooding Senate Offices With Calls Against The Treaty!

10/30/2013 – CRPD Hearing in the U.S. Senate Nov. 5 at 2:30pm Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-419

10/25/2013 – CRPD Hearing in the United States Senate Nov. 5

10/04/2013 – WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: Advanced Training I – Consumer Protections and Benefit Package Summary

08/2013 — TECHeQUITY 2013: Recalculating the Route to Equality

07/2013 — URGENT ALERT! Hatch takes to the Senate Floor to Oppose Disability Treaty

07/2013 — The Advocate’s Guide to California’s Coordinated Care Initiative

06/2013 — WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: What Advocates Need to Know – Basics

06/2013 — Apple Committed to Captioning of iTunes Movies and TV Shows

06/2013 — Activate June 24-27 for Justin Dart and the Disability Treaty!

06/2013 — Save the Date – DREDF’s 34th Anniversary Celebration

05/2013 — DREDF represents the American Diabetes Association in the California Supreme Court

04/2013 — Transportation Research Update

02/2013 — New HEALTHCARE STORIES Featuring People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families

02/2013 — DREDF Part of CA Legal–Aid System Coalition Addressing Disability Access in New State Court Rules

06/2012 — Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

05/2012 — Long-Term Services and Supports (LTTS)

04/2012 — ADA ACTION ALERT!

04/2012 — ADA Transportation Survey — We Want Your Views

02/2012 — ADA DREDF joins U.S. Supreme Court debate over the constitutionality of federal health care reform

01/2012 — ADA Transportation Research is a Go

11/2011 — International Day of Persons with Disabilities – December 3

10/2011 — DREDF documents the health disparities exhibited by people with disabilities from minority populations

06/2011 — National Association of the Deaf Files Disability Civil Rights Lawsuit against Netflix

05/2011 — New Support for Ensuring Access to Insulin for California Students with Diabetes

05/25/2011 — The Senate may vote on the Budget Resolution tonight

04/2011 — ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) EEOC Regulations

03/2011 — Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment of Low-Income Seniors and People with Disabilities

01/24/2011 — DREDF and the Legal Services System | Please Give to the Justice Gap Fund

01/13/2011 — Department of Developmental Services Notice on IPP/IFSP Process

01/2011 — Alert! DOJ ADA Advance Rulemaking on Equipment and Furniture.

02/2011 — Happy New Year 2011

12/2010 — Sometimes you have to push a few buttons to make a difference

10/2010 — Webinar Series: Topic Guides on ADA Transportation

08/2010 — Alert on ADA Transportation

06/26/2010 — Happy Birthday ADA!

07/2010 — Topic Guides on ADA Transportation

05/2010 — Healthcare Reform — Extensive Implementation Process Lies Ahead

04/2010 — US Human Rights Consultations: Disability Perspectives – How You Can Help

03/2010 — UPR Human Rights Panel

01/2010 — New Article Explaining the Dangers of Legalizing Assisted Suicide

01/2010 — Tell Congress to Move Forward with a Health Care Bill Now

01/28/2010 — Workshop on Evaluating and Applying Health Information

11/2009 — Comments Needed on the ADA Definition of Disability

10/2009 — ADAAA Proposed Regulations Available for Comment

10/2009 — Blind and Visually Impaired SSA Recipients Win Major Legal Victory

09/2009 — Meeting with Attorny General Eric Holder

09/2009 — Mary Lou Breslin Honored

08/2009 — Health Care Reform – Be Informed and Take Action (PDF)

02/13/2009 — The Stimulus Compromise Bill – Funding for Special Education (PDF)

02/2009 — The Stimulus Bills & Disability Rights (PDF)

10/2008 — Legislative Update (PDF)

09/2008 — Media and Disability (PDF)

07/2008 — Information on U.S. Dept. of Justice Proposed ADA Regulations (PDF)

06/2008 — Access to Health Care Resources, Initiatives & Programs (PDF)