May 8, 2015
DREDF and DRC are working with the California Departments of Social Services and Health Care Services to make the IHSS program accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals. Blind IHSS Recipients in Alameda, Sacramento, or Santa Clara County are needed to test a new way to approve your timesheets.
Tag: Accessibility
National Association of the Deaf, et. Al. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 12, 2015
DREDF and co-counsel filed a complaint against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf and four individuals to gain equal access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to the videos that the university makes available on the Internet — including courses offered through MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), videos on the MIT Video website, much of which lacks proper captioning. […]
National Association of the Deaf Sues Harvard and MIT for Discrimination in Public Online Content
February 12, 2015
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and three deaf and hard of hearing individuals filed federal class action lawsuits today against Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), charging that the schools discriminate against deaf and hard of hearing people by failing to caption the vast and varied array of online content they make available to the general public, including massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Comments on Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020
February 6, 2015
DREDF commented on the urgent need to track disability status, specific functional impairment, and reasonable accommodation or policy modifications needed as a first critical step needed to measure and understand the health disparities experienced by people with disabilities.
National Association of the Deaf and VUDU, Inc.
February 6, 2015
On behalf of the National Association of the Deaf, DREDF and co-counsel, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, PC., negotiated an agreement with VUDU, a wholly-owned streaming entertainment subsidiary of Walmart, for VUDU to close caption 100% of its programming streamed through its Video on Demand service. […]
National Federation of the Blind Reaches Agreement with U.S. Department of Education
October 8, 2014
The agreement commits the DOE and its contracted student loan servicers to make websites, forms, and documents related to its Direct Loan program accessible to blind applicants and borrowers. NFB was represented by DREDF and Brown, Goldstein & Levy.
Federal Agency Announces Major Initiative To Provide Effective Communication In Healthcare Programs
September 19, 2014
In brief: At the end of August, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a “COMMITMENT TO ACTION TO RESOLVE DREDF SECTION 504 COMPLAINTS.” DREDF’s complaints were filed on behalf of clients who were Medicare beneficiaries and who were blind or visually impaired, and alleged that CMS failed to provide our clients and others who are similarly situated with effective communication needed to fully participate in Medicare.
Marilyn Golden – 2014 Champion of Change in Transportation
May 19, 2014
The White House honors Marilyn Golden and nine others who are Champions of Change for their exemplary leadership to ensure that transportation facilities, services, and jobs help individuals and their communities connect to 21st century opportunities. – Watch the video
Al Jazeera: Disabled Americans Fight for Transportation Rights
March 6, 2014
It’s a transportation kind of day at DREDF. Marilyn Golden, DREDF’s go-to woman on transportation spoke with Toshio Meronek at Al Jazeera America about the lack of accessible vehicles available through transportation network companies (Uber, Lyft, Sidecar). Good coverage.
Apple Committed to Captioning
June 15, 2013
For more than 20 years, Apple has been committed to accessibility across its products and services. Apple has led the industry in developing tools for networks and studios to easily deliver their content with top–quality closed captioning, which works seamlessly across various devices. Nearly all new movies and TV shows in iTunes already offer closed captioning, and by March 2014 the vast majority of the iTunes catalog will offer closed captioning.