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.

General

NAD Lawsuit Against Harvard and MIT Moves Forward

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Captioning
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Harvard
  • MIT
  • NAD
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • Section 508 Standards
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Web Accessibility

General

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

General

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

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

Press Release

National Federation of the Blind Reaches Agreement with U.S. Department of Education

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Braille
  • Electronic Records
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • Web Accessibility

Public Comment

Health Information Technology

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • EHR
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Healthcare
  • meaningful use
  • Section 508 Standards
  • US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards

Public Comment

Final Comments on Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs)

  • Accessibility
  • Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
  • ANPRM
  • Assistive Technology
  • Captioning
  • DME
  • DOJ
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • EHR
  • Electronic Access
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Scooter Users
  • Section 508 Standards
  • Universal Design
  • Wheelchair users

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

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