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.

Amicus Brief

DREDF Files Amicus Brief Defending Landmark College Admission Decision

  • Disability Discrimination
  • Legal Advocacy
  • students with disabilities
  • UC Regents
  • University of California

Amicus Brief

DREDF Files Joint Amicus Brief Defending the Rights of Voters with Chronic Conditions

  • Legal Advocacy
  • vote-by-mail
  • Voting Rights

General

In Appreciation of 40 Years of Leadership by our Directing Attorney Arlene Mayerson

  • Legal Advocacy
  • Signing of the ADA
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Press Release

National Association of the Deaf Sues Harvard and MIT for Discrimination in Public Online Content

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Harvard
  • Legal Advocacy
  • MIT
  • NAD

General

DREDF’s Arlene Mayerson Receives 2014 Henry Viscardi Achievement Award

  • Henry Viscardi Achievement Award
  • Legal Advocacy
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

DREDF represents the American Diabetes Association in the California Supreme Court

  • California Supreme Court
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Reasonable Accommodations

General

DREDF Files Administrative Complaint with HHS and OCR

  • Healthcare
  • HHS
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Litigation
  • Medi-Cal
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • OCR
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Press Release

Federal District Court in Massachusetts Makes Precedent-Setting Decision Holding that the Americans with Disabilities Act Applies to Website-Only Businesses

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Legal Advocacy
  • National Association of the Deaf
  • Netflix
  • Web Accessibility

Press Release

Judge Rules Social Security Administration Must Accommodate Blind Beneficiaries

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Civil Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Equal Rights
  • Judge William Alsup
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • Social Security Administration
  • SSA
  • Technology

Press Release

Children With Diabetes Win Assurance of Legally-Required Services at School

  • Children
  • Civil Rights
  • Diabetes
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Students