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.

Report

“Expensive, frustrating, demoralizing”: Wheelchair users’ recent device purchase experiences

  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Independent Living
  • Wheelchair users

General

Three Promising Practices: Materials and Recordings

  • Healthcare
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Independent Living
  • Medi-Cal
  • Medicaid
  • Webinar

Webinar

The California Coordinated Care Initiative – Advanced Training

  • California Coordinated Care Initiative
  • CCI
  • Dual Eligibles
  • Duals
  • Healthcare
  • Independent Living
  • Long-Term Services and Supports
  • LTSS
  • Medi-Cal
  • Medicaid
  • Webinar
  • Webinar Materials

Webinar

Promising Collaborations Between IL Centers, ADRCs, and Medicaid Managed Care Plans | Webinar #1

  • Healthcare
  • Independent Living
  • Long-Term Services and Supports
  • LTSS
  • Medicaid
  • Webinar

Legislative Position

Enhance Rehabilitation Research at the National Institutes of Health

  • Federal Legislative Positions
  • Independent Living
  • National Institutes of Health

Case

Center for Independent Living, et al., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

  • Civil Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living
  • Mobility Disabilities
  • Scooter Users
  • WalMart
  • Wheelchair users

General

Center for Independent Living, et al., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

  • Accessibility
  • Center for Independent Living
  • Independent Living
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

Healthcare Stories

  • ACA
  • Accessibility
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Department of Health Care Services
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Hospitals
  • Independent Living
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Video Advocacy

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

Case

Chambers et al. v. City and County of San Francisco

  • Department of Health Care Services
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Independent Living