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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The National Association of the Deaf and Hulu Reach Agreement

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Hulu
  • NAD
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

DREDF letter Opposing HR 3765

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Federal Legislative Positions
  • Human Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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DREDF and Disability Rights California Reach Agreement to Make the Program More Accessible.

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Braille
  • Caliornia Department of Social Services
  • Department of Health Care Services
  • Electronic Access
  • IHSS
  • In-Home Supportive Services

General

NFB and Disability Advocates Charge Federal Health Agency With Civil Rights Violations

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • audio CD
  • Braille
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • digital navigable formats
  • digital talking-book
  • Electronic Access
  • HHS
  • Juan Figueroa
  • large print
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • NFB
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

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Juan Figueroa, Derek Manners, Martti Mallinan, and The National Federation of the Blind v. US Department of Health and Human Services

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Braille
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Electronic Access
  • Electronic Records
  • HHS
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • NFB
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

General

Good News on NAD vs MIT! Our Communication Access Case Involving Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Will Move Forward

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • MIT
  • NAD
  • National Association of the Deaf
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards

Press Release

NAD and Gogo Agree to Make Closed Captions Available on In-Flight Entertainment Systems

  • Accessibility
  • Arlene Mayerson
  • Captioning
  • Closed Captions
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Press Release

Amazon Agrees to Caption Amazon Video By December 31, 2016

  • a11y
  • Accessibility
  • Captioning

Video

Google: Focus on People with Disabilities

  • Accessibility
  • Adrienne Biddings
  • Assistive Technology
  • Bridgette Hoyer Gosselink
  • Captioning
  • Disability Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Google Impact Challenge
  • Technology
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Web Accessibility

Report

Accessible Transit Services for All

  • Accessibility
  • Federal Transit Administration
  • FTA