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.

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Celebrating Kitty Cone: 1944 – 2015

  • 504 Sit In
  • Activism
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • The Power of 504

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Advocates Protest San Francisco’s Potential Threat to the ADA

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

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Mary Lou Breslin: 2013 Purpose Prize Fellow

  • 2013 Purpose Prize
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Health Disparities
  • Human Rights
  • Mary Lou Breslin
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Second CRPD Hearing DELAYED

  • Civil Rights
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • Disability Rights

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CRPD Hearing in the United States Senate

  • Civil Rights
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights

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TECHeQUITY 2013: Recalculating the Route to Equality

  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Federal Legislative Positions
  • Human Rights
  • Technology

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Raise Your Voice for the ADA and Disability Treaty!

  • Alerts
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • Disability Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Orrin Hatch Statement on CRPD

  • Alerts
  • Civil Rights
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • Disability Rights

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Activate June 24-27 for Justin Dart and the Disability Treaty!

  • Civil Rights
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • Disability Rights
  • Justin Dart

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Statement on Senate CRPD Vote

  • Civil Rights
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • CRPD
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • United Nations