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.

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NAD Lawsuit Against Harvard and MIT Moves Forward

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Captioning
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Harvard
  • MIT
  • NAD
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • Section 508 Standards
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Web Accessibility

General

The National Association of the Deaf and Hulu Reach Agreement

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Hulu
  • NAD
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Good News on NAD vs MIT! Our Communication Access Case Involving Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Will Move Forward

  • Accessibility
  • Captioning
  • MIT
  • NAD
  • National Association of the Deaf
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards

Press Release

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

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

Press Release

National Association of the Deaf Files Disability Civil Rights Lawsuit against Netflix

  • Captioning
  • NAD
  • Netflix