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.

Legislative Position

Affordable Accessible Housing for Low-Income People With Disabilities

  • Accessibility
  • California Legislative Positions
  • Housing

Legislative Position

The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program

  • Accessibility
  • California Legislative Positions
  • Electronic Access
  • Telecommunications

Public Comment

Single Streamlined Insurance Marketplace Application

  • ACA
  • Accessibility
  • Affordable Care Act
  • CMS
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

General

New Dispatches From the Front Lines of Health Care

  • ACA
  • Accessibility
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Department of Health Care Services
  • Health Disparities
  • Health Equity
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Public Comment

Electronic Access To Marginalized Communities

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights California
  • Disability Rights Legal Center
  • EHR
  • Electronic Access
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Employment Law Center
  • IOLTA
  • Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Press Release

NAD and Netflix Reach Historic Agreement

  • Accessibility
  • Arlene Mayerson
  • Captioning
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Netflix

General

DREDF Secures Historic Settlement in National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Netflix

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Netflix
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Legislative Position

Clarifying Amendment to the Pratt-Smoot Act

  • Accessibility
  • Federal Legislative Positions

Legislative Position

SB 1186

  • Accessibility
  • Business and Professions Code
  • California Legislative Positions

Press Release

Wal-Mart Press Release

  • Accessibility
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Scooter Users
  • Wal-Mart
  • Wheelchair users