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

The John R. Lewis Intersectionality Award

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Intersectionality
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Historical, Video

The Making of the ADA – Week Two

  • ADA25
  • ADA30
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • The Making of the ADA

Press Release

Antioch School Officials Agree to Groundbreaking Collaboration

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Education
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • NAACP

General

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

Case

National Association of the Deaf, et. Al. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Equal Rights

General

Advocates Protest San Francisco’s Potential Threat to the ADA

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

General

A Matter Of Life and Death: Out-Of-The-Water Survival Craft

  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Maritime Transportation
  • survival craft

General

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

General

TECHeQUITY 2013: Recalculating the Route to Equality

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

Press Release

NAD and Netflix Reach Historic Agreement

  • Accessibility
  • Arlene Mayerson
  • Captioning
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Netflix