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.

Statement

Thoughts on the Leaked DRAFT of the Supreme Court Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade

  • Civil Rights
  • Right to Privacy

Statement

In Honor of Richard “Dick” Thornburgh 1932-2020

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Amicus Brief

DREDF Files Amicus Brief to Protect the ACA’s Anti-Discrimination Provision

  • Affordable Care Act
  • Civil Rights
  • LGBTQ+

Public Comment

DREDF’s Comments Opposing HUD’s Anti-Transgender Shelter Rule

  • Civil Rights
  • COVID-19
  • Transgender

Statement

DREDF Condemns ICE’s Involuntary Sterilization of Immigrant Women

  • Civil Rights
  • Immigration

Historical, Video

The Making of the ADA

  • ADA25
  • ADA30
  • Arlene Mayerson
  • C. Boyden Gray
  • Carolyn Osolinik
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • John Wodatch
  • Justin Dart
  • Marilyn Golden
  • Pat Wright
  • President George H.W. Bush
  • Ralph G. Neas
  • Richard Thornburgh
  • Senator Edward M. Kennedy
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • The Making of the ADA
  • Tom Harkin

General

In Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

  • ADA30
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Statement

DREDF Mourns the Passing of Civil Rights Leader Congressman John Lewis

  • ADA
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights

General

Civil Rights Coalition Letter on Federal Policing Priorities

  • Civil Rights
  • Racism

Statement

On the Racist Killings of Black Americans

  • Ahmaud Arbery
  • Breonna Taylor
  • Civil Rights
  • George Floyd
  • Minneapolis