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

DREDF and 23 Disability Organizations File Amicus Brief Responding to Disability Discrimination in Medical Treatment

  • COVID-19

Report

OakDays: A Case Study, Permanent Affordable Housing with Healthcare and Home- and Community-Based Services for Unhoused Disabled People

  • Alameda County
  • Cardea Health
  • COVID-19
  • Five Keys
  • HCBS
  • Housing First
  • IHSS
  • Medicaid
  • Permanent Supportive Housing

Statement

DREDF’s Open Letter to CDC and Director Rochelle P. Walensky

  • COVID-19
  • Omicron
  • open letter

General

New Analysis of COVID-19 Mortality Risk for Californians with Disabilities Under Age 65

  • COVID-19
  • Home and Community-Based Services

Public Comment

DREDF Comment opposes CMS’s Interim Final Rule on COVID-19

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid

Public Comment

DREDF’s Comment Letter on the NASEM COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Framework

  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare

Public Comment

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

  • Civil Rights
  • COVID-19
  • Transgender

General

Know Your Rights in California: Access to Hospital Care During COVID-19

  • COVID-19
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Healthcare

Press Release

Resolution of Federal Civil Rights Complaint Raises the Bar in Prohibiting Medical Discrimination Against People With Disabilities During COVID-19 Pandemic

  • COVID-19
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Medi-Cal

Press Release

Advocates on Crisis Standards

  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare