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.

Press Release

Blind and Visually Impaired SSA Recipients Win Major Legal Victory

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Equal Rights
  • SSA
  • Technology

General

Kindle 2

  • Accessibility
  • Universal Design

General

Letter to Governor Deval Patrick

  • Accessibility

Press Release

Judge Certifies Class of Three Million Visually Impaired Beneficiaries in Social Security Administration Lawsuit

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Equal Rights
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • Social Security Administration
  • SSA
  • Technology

Press Release

Have it Your Way at Burger King? Not if You Use a Wheelchair

  • Accessibility
  • Castaneda v. Burger King
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Equal Rights
  • Miguel Castaneda
  • Scooter Users
  • Universal Design
  • Wheelchair users

Case

Castaneda v. Burger King

  • Accessibility
  • Court Filings
  • Disability Discrimination

General

US Currency is Discriminatory

  • Accessibility
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Universal Design

Press Release

Judge Rules Social Security Administration Must Accommodate Blind Beneficiaries

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Civil Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Equal Rights
  • Judge William Alsup
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • Social Security Administration
  • SSA
  • Technology

General

Experience of Wheelchair Users on Public Transportation

  • Accessibility
  • Marilyn Golden

General

California Access Compliance Survey

  • Access Compliance
  • Accessibility
  • Alberto L. Gonzalez
  • California Department of Justice