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

Do More Than Worry About Disability Rights — Fuel Our Fight This #GivingTuesday

  • ACA
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Children
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

NAD Lawsuit Against Harvard and MIT Moves Forward

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Captioning
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Harvard
  • MIT
  • NAD
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • Section 508 Standards
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Web Accessibility

Public Comment

DREDF and Allies Submit Comments on Website Accessibility

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards

General

The National Association of the Deaf and Hulu Reach Agreement

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Hulu
  • NAD
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

DREDF letter Opposing HR 3765

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Federal Legislative Positions
  • Human Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Case

East County NAACP Sues Antioch Unified School District

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • STPP

Press Release

East County NAACP Sues Antioch Unified School District for Violating Agreement on Civil and Disability Rights

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • STPP

General

Arlene B. Mayerson to Receive Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Press Release

California Assisted Suicide Law Is Denounced By Leading Disability Rights Policy Center

  • Californians Against Assisted Suicide
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights

Public Comment

DREDF Comments on Proposed Rule – Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

  • ACA
  • ACA Comments
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission