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.

Statement

DREDF Acknowledges HHS OCR for Proposing Updated 504 Regulations that Include Disability Community Priorities in Health and Healthcare

  • Section 504
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act

Press Release

Disability Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Protections Against Disability Discrimination in CVS Prescription Drug Case

  • CMS
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act

General

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

Historical, Video

The Power of 504

  • 504 Sit In
  • Power of 504
  • Section 504
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act

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

The Start of Something Big

  • 33rd Anniversary Celebration
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • The Power of 504

General, Press Release

Children With Diabetes Sue School Districts, State for Assistance

  • Civil Rights
  • Diabetes
  • Disability Discrimination
  • IDEA
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Resource

“We Shall Not be Moved” The 504 Sit-In for Disability Civil Rights

  • 504 Sit In
  • Section 504
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act