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.

Public Comment

EEOC Proposed ADAAA Regulations

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Healthcare

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

White House Meeting

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights

Press Release

Groundbreaking Settlement Agreement with San Francisco

  • Chambers et al. v. City and County of San Francisco
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living
  • Laguna Honda
  • Managed Care Environment

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

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

Press Release

Children With Diabetes Win Assurance of Legally-Required Services at School

  • Children
  • Civil Rights
  • Diabetes
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Students

General

National Council on Independent Living honors DREDF’s Marilyn Golden

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living

General

Road to Freedom

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Universal Design

General, Public Comment

USDOT Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, ADA

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights