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01/31/2025 – DREDF Monthly – January 2025
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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
05/02/2021 – Online Now! Presentations from Dr. Tri Do (At-Home Vaccinations) & CA Vaccine Advisory Committee Update
04/30/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – April 2021
04/29/2021 – ACTION ALERT: It’s Time to Compensate Survivors of Forced Sterilization
04/28/2021 – April 30 Q&A: COVID Vaccinations in Long Term Care
04/24/2021 – SNEAK PEEK of the inclusive musical, “Best Summer Ever” on Monday, April 26!
04/13/2021 – April 19 Q&A on Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine at Home
04/07/2021 – Join us April 9 for Q and A on COVID-19, Schools and Vaccines with Pediatrician, Dr. Noemi Spinazzi
04/05/2021 – CORRECTED Registration Link April 9 Q&A with Dr. Spinazzi!
03/30/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – March 2021
03/26/2021 – Together We Must Stop Asian Hate
03/17/2021 – March 19: Live Questions & Answers with an Update from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities
03/11/2021 – Tomorrow, March 12! Live Question & Answers on CA Vaccine Eligibility & Verification for Disabled People.
03/08/2021 – Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities Self-Directing Home and Community-Based Services
02/26/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – February 2021
01/29/2021 – This Month in Disability Rights – January 2021
01/07/2021 – LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!
01/02/2021 – In Honor of Richard “Dick” Thornburgh 1932-2020
12/23/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – December 2020
12/14/2020 – Thank you for persevering with us in 2020
12/01/2020 – This #GivingTuesday: Know your disability rights. Defend them with us.
11/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – November 2020
11/23/2020 – Know your disability rights. Defend them with us.
10/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – October 2020
10/14/2020 – The Courts Have Ruled. We Have One More Day to Send In the 2020 Census!
09/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – September 2020
09/23/2020 – Have you returned your census? Deadline: Sept 30, 2020!
09/19/2020 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
09/17/2020 – DREDF Condemns ICE’s Involuntary Sterilization of Immigrant Women
09/17/2020 – Have you returned your census? Deadline: Sept 30, 2020!
08/31/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – August 2020
08/26/2020 – RSVP today for our 9/15/20 41st anniversary: A little song, a little laugh, a little update from the DREDF staff
08/06/2020 – It’s 41 days to DREDF’s 41st Anniversary on – where else? – Zoom!
07/28/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – July 2020
07/26/2020 – In Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ADA
06/30/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – June 2020
06/16/2020 – DREDF Denounces Weakening of Healthcare Nondiscrimination Protections
05/29/2020 – On the racist killings of Black Americans
05/28/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights – May 2020
05/20/2020 – ACTION ALERT: Tell the CA Assembly to Support AB 3052
05/20/2020 – Stacey Milbern Park May 19, 1987 – May 19, 2020
05/05/2020 – DREDF’s action against Covid-related discrimination is about working together
04/29/2020 – This Month in Disability Rights
04/15/2020 – Register for your rights to health care during COVID-19 webinar TODAY
03/29/2020 – Be Ready: Print at Home/Download “Your Disability Healthcare Rights During COVID-19 CA Edition”
03/26/2020 – DREDF Warns that Medical Rationing on the Basis of Disability is Illegal
03/23/2020 – DREDF Is With You: Together We Will Not Let COVID-19 Cancel Disability Civil and Human Rights
12/31/2019 – Happy New Year to all from DREDF
12/16/2019 – ATTENTION: All People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Who Want Captioning of Harvard’s Online Content
12/10/2019 – Thank you for joining your disability rights forces with DREDF
12/03/2019 – Join your disability rights forces with DREDF’s today on #GivingTuesday
11/27/2019 – Agreement Brings Increased Access to Harvard’s Online Courses and Content
11/27/2019 – Join your disability rights forces with DREDF’s on #Giving Tuesday, 12/3/19
10/11/2019 – DREDF Applauds District Court Rejection of Trump’s Public Charge
10/07/2019 – Seeking Information: Will Kaiser not pay for your medical equipment?
09/10/2019 – DREDF Honors the Life and Legacy of Marca Bristo
08/29/2019 – ACTION ALERT: Stop an immigration action that punishes disabled children
08/27/2019 – Join us – and Maysoon Zayid! – for our 40th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 16. 2019
08/20/2019 – Join us – and Maysoon Zayid! – for our 40th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 16. 2019
08/14/2019 – How Trump’s Public Charge Changes Hurt People with Disabilities
08/09/2019 – ACTION ALERT: Help DREDF Protect Nondiscrimination in Health Care!
08/08/2019 – Join us – and Maysoon Zayid! – for our 40th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 16. 2019
08/07/2019 – Stop Blaming Gun Violence on Mental Illness
05/29/2019 – SAVE THE DATE – Sept. 16, 2019 is DREDF’s Big 4-0!
05/16/2019 – The Enduring Legacy of Brown v Board of Education: Separate Isn’t Equal
02/20/2019 – Job Announcement – Disability Civil Rights Staff Attorney
12/18/2018 – Say “Happy Holidays” the DREDF way: “Hands off our IDEA, ACA, Medicaid and ADA!”
12/06/2018 – Thank you for helping DREDF make a difference in 2018 and for considering a year-end gift
11/26/2018 – On #GivingTuesday, Join DREDF in Claiming Our Disability Power
10/23/2018 – Blind Advocates Challenge State’s Failure to Provide Accessible Forms of Communication to Blind Medi-Cal Consumers
08/20/2018 – Support SB 1376 for full access to Uber and Lyft
08/15/2018 – Why DREDF Opposes Judge Kavanaugh’s Appointment to the Supreme Court
08/06/2018 – Tell Your California Assemblymember to Ban Junk Insurance in California Vote YES on SB 910
08/01/2018 – DREDF Celebrates 39 Years Of Doing Disability Justice
07/02/2018 – Federal Judge Blocks Medicaid Work Requirements in Kentucky Affirming Concerns of Health Care Advocates
03/29/2018 – 43 Senators Tell the GOP: ‘Hands Off My ADA!’ in Sign On Letter Penned by Tammy Duckworth
03/22/2018 – Arkansas’ Harsh Medicaid Work Requirement Confirms Fears of Disabled Enrollees
03/06/2018 – Urgent! Tell Congress to Pass the EMPOWER Care Act and Continue the Money Follows the Person Program
02/20/2018 – DREDF Condemns House Vote to Gut ADA Rights
02/08/2018 – Urgent: New Information on How to SAVE the ADA! Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied!
02/07/2018 – ALERT: Urgent: Save the ADA! House will vote NEXT WEEK on H.R.620
01/22/2018 – Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt Disabled Americans and the Nation
12/20/2017 – What we can say about 2017? (Spoiler: It’s not all bad. Thankfully.)
12/15/2017 – ALERT: JOIN National Call-In Day to STOP THE GOP #TaxOnDisability, Monday, December 18!
12/14/2017 – ALERT: The FCC Just Voted To Take Away Net Neutrality. The Good News? Congress Can Still Stop It.
12/08/2017 – YOU did disability justice in 2017!
12/04/2017 – ALERT: Monday, December 4th: Last Chance to Defeat the GOP #TaxOnDisability!
11/29/2017 – TODAY is National Call-In Day to STOP the #TaxOnDisability
11/28/2017 – Get ready this #GivingTuesday to give the Senate a piece of your mind on the #TaxOnDisability
11/27/2017 – ALERT: Wednesday is the National Call-In Day to Stop the #TaxOnDisability
11/17/2017 – ALERT: Representatives PASS GOP #TaxOnDisability. Fight Shifts To The Senate!
11/01/2017 – Enrollment Is Resistance: Get Covered!
10/13/2017 – Trump Administration Bypasses Congress, Declares “All Out War†On Obamacare
10/10/2017 – ADAPT and the Grassroots and Duckworth — Oh My: RSVP for DREDF’s 38th on 10/23/17
10/04/2017 – The ADA Is Under Serious Attack! URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell the House of Representatives to OPPOSE H.R. 620
09/27/2017 – DREDF Statement on the Crisis in Puerto Rico
09/27/2017 – 38th Anniversary
09/27/2017 – DREDF Statement on Abandoned Graham-Cassidy ACA Repleal Bill
09/19/2017 – Like A Bad Zombie Movie, Obamacare Repeal Is Back!
09/14/2017 – DREDF Statement on Hollywood Hills Tragedy
08/13/2017 – In Solidarity Against Racism, Hate, and Bigotry. DREDF’s Statement on Charlottesville
07/28/2017 – We Won
07/11/2017 – What YOU Can Do to #SaveMedicaid on NATIONAL DISABILITY CALL-IN DAY Wednesday, July 12!!!
06/27/2017 – Congressional Budget Office: “Senate health-care bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026”
06/23/2017 – Don’t Let Hardline Conservatives Make A Bad Healthcare Bill Even Worse
06/20/2017 – No Secrets in Healthcare Reform! Demand that the Senate #ShowUsTheBill
06/14/2017 – Attend a Senate Briefing on June 19: Understanding the Devastating Impact of Medicaid Per Capita Caps
05/04/2017 – DON’T Call Congress Today, If…​
05/04/2017 – Today’s the day – thanks for making DREDF’s #EastBayGives matching gift happen
05/04/2017 – Please make that call to Congress NOW to Save Our Healthcare
05/03/2017 – DREDF Welcomes Lawrence Carter-Long As Our New Communications Director
05/02/2017 – REMINDER: Add your voice to ours. Take action TODAY!
04/20/2017 – The ADA Is In Danger And California’s Role is Critical. Please Act!
04/17/2017 – The ADA Is Under Serious Attack! URGENT ACTION NEEDED
03/24/2017 – Thank you! You made a difference today.
03/24/2017 – URGENT! Contact Congress today! The House is voting on a disastrous health care bill today.
03/22/2017 – Take Action! The AHCA is a very bad idea for People with Disabilities
03/15/2017 – DREDF Statement on the American Health Care Act
03/08/2017 – Action Alert! Join us in Opposing the American Health Care Act — Call Congress today!
03/07/2017 – Action Alert: Call Your Senator to Save Equitable Access Protections for Students with Disabilities!
03/03/2017 – Take Action to Fight Secret Efforts to Slash Medicaid Funding and Repeal the Affordable Care Act
02/01/2017 – Action Alert! Â Call Now to Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on Betsy DeVos!!
02/01/2017 – Take Action! Call Today to Preserve Health Care and Medicaid!
01/31/2017 – Take Action! Call Today to Preserve Health Care and Medicaid!
01/30/2017 – DREDF Statement on Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees
01/09/2017 – DREDF Alert: Act Today to Protect Health Care!
11/11/2016 – We are with you.
09/15/2016 – Say NO to HR 3765 when Congress votes NEXT WEEK.Â
08/09/2016 – ADA Alert! Fight serious attack on the ADA
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
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
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
11/14/2013 – 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
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
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)