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

The Princeton Review and National Association of the Deaf Will Collaborate to Provide Captioning Services and Improved Accessibility for Test Preparation Services

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Captions

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

The National Association of the Deaf and Hulu Reach Agreement

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

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

General

2014-15 Community Impact Highlights

  • Captioning
  • Technology
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Universal Design

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

Case

National Association of the Deaf, et. Al. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Equal Rights

Press Release

National Association of the Deaf Sues Harvard and MIT for Discrimination in Public Online Content

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Harvard
  • Legal Advocacy
  • MIT
  • NAD