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

In Solidarity Against Racism, Hate, and Bigotry

  • Civil Rights
  • Human Rights

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

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

General

The John R. Lewis Intersectionality Award

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

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

General

Advocates Protest San Francisco’s Potential Threat to the ADA

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

Public Comment

DREDF Collaborates with CCD and PIPC

  • American Community Survey
  • Census Bureau
  • Civil Rights
  • Healthcare
  • Human Rights