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.

Webinar

Fighting for Safe Access in a Masks-Optional Healthcare Environment

  • Disability Rights
  • Healthcare
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Report

This Data Not That Data: Big Data, Privacy, and the Impact on People with Disabilities

  • Health Disparities
  • Health Equity
  • Healthcare

Public Comment

DREDF Comment opposes CMS’s Interim Final Rule on COVID-19

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid

General, Webinar

People with Disabilities Not Counted in Guidance Aimed at Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine

  • Disability Rights
  • Healthcare

Public Comment

DREDF’s Comment Letter on the NASEM COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Framework

  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare

General

COVID-19: Face Masks and People With Disabilities

  • Disability Rights
  • Healthcare

General

Know Your Rights in California: Access to Hospital Care During COVID-19

  • COVID-19
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Healthcare

Press Release

Advocates on Crisis Standards

  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare

General

Summary of California’s Revised Crisis Care Guidelines (June 2020)

  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare
  • Healthcare Rationing

Legislative Position

DREDF Policy Recommendations for Reducing COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths Through Innovative HCBS

  • Healthcare
  • Long-Term Care Facilities
  • Medical Rationing