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.

Legislative Position

Support for SB 577 Developmental Services

  • California Legislative Positions
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • sb 577

Legislative Position

An Act to Add Section 56426.10 to the Education Code

  • California Legislative Positions
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Foster Care

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Healthcare Stories: Barriers and Solutions – Three Short Videos

  • Accessible Weight Scales
  • Adjustable Exam Tables
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Effective Communication
  • Human Rights
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Polio
  • Pregnancy
  • Provider Education
  • Transfers
  • Vent User
  • Wheelchair User

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Healthcare Stories: Dr. Clarissa Kripke, Susan Lee, Gordon and Aaron Reetz

  • Anesthesia
  • Autism
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Developmental Primary Care
  • Effective Communication
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Provider Education

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Healthcare Stories: Denise Sherer Jacobson

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Effective Communication
  • Wheelchair User

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Healthcare Stories: Jennifer Thomas

  • Adjustable Exam Tables
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Effective Communication
  • Human Rights
  • Pregnancy
  • Rehabilitation
  • Wheelchair User

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Healthcare Stories: Fred Nisen

  • Adjustable Exam Tables
  • Anesthesia
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Effective Communication
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Provider Education
  • Rehabilitation
  • Transfers
  • Wheelchair User

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Healthcare Stories: Luise Custer and Charlie Tygiel

  • Anesthesia
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Provider Education

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Healthcare Stories: Elizabeth Grigsby

  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Effective Communication
  • Provider Education
  • Transfers
  • Ventilator
  • Wheelchair User