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.

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

General

National Council on Independent Living honors DREDF’s Marilyn Golden

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

General

Human Rights Appointments for Gerard Quinn

  • Disability Rights
  • Human Rights

Press Release

Laguna Honda Press Release

  • Disability Rights
  • Healthcare
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living
  • Laguna Honda Hospital

Press Release

24 Hour Fitness Welcomes Patrons with Disabilities

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

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

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.

Case

Zepeda and Zepeda v. County of San Mateo (California)

  • American Council of the Blind
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights