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

Settlement of San Francisco Lawsuit to Create New Community Services for Seniors and Adults With Disabilities

  • Chambers et al. v. City and County of San Francisco
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Healthcare
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Independent Living
  • Laguna Honda Hospital
  • Mark Chambers
  • Mitch Katz
  • Patient Protection
  • Scooter Users
  • Success at Home
  • Universal Design
  • Wheelchair users

General

Air Asia Discrimination

  • Disability Discrimination

Case

Laguna Honda Hospital

  • Disability Discrimination
  • Independent Living
  • Medi-Cal
  • Medicaid

Press Release

24 Hour Fitness Welcomes Patrons with Disabilities

  • 24 Hour Fitness
  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Legal Advocacy

Case

Visually Impaired Beneficiaries sue SSA

  • Accessibility
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Reasonable Accommodations

Press Release

Blind Beneficiaries Sue Social Security Administration

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Equal Rights
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Social Security Administration
  • SSA

Case, General

American Council of the Blind

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Social Security
  • SSA

General, Press Release

Children With Diabetes Sue School Districts, State for Assistance

  • Civil Rights
  • Diabetes
  • Disability Discrimination
  • IDEA
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

Million Dollar Baby Built on Prejudice about People with Disabilities

  • Disability Discrimination

Press Release

Laguna Honda Hospital Lawsuit Settles

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • ILRCSF
  • Independent Living
  • Independent Living Resource Center
  • Judge Saundra B. Armstrong
  • Laguna Honda
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Olmstead
  • Olmstead v. L.C.