June 25, 2014
DREDF is excited to announce that on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at the ERC from 5:30-8:00PM, will welcome two of our most stalwart disability rights leaders: Senator Tom Harkin and Representative George Miller, “to honor their long years of public service to our community, as well as to explore with them how our movement can best advance their legacy and lessons.”
Tag: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Disability Rights, U.S. Transportation Priorities, and Even Climate Change
May 21, 2014
On May 17, the White House honored Marilyn Golden as a Champion of Change for her 25 years of leadership in national system-change efforts that broaden the rights of people with disabilities to transportation. We’re honored to work with Marilyn and pleased to share her blog post that discusses segregation, the disability rights movement, structural barriers (including transportation), and the effects of inequitable funding.
Read Marilyn’s post on The White House Champions of Change Blog
Marilyn Golden – 2014 Champion of Change in Transportation
May 19, 2014
The White House honors Marilyn Golden and nine others who are Champions of Change for their exemplary leadership to ensure that transportation facilities, services, and jobs help individuals and their communities connect to 21st century opportunities. – Watch the video
The Start of Something Big
September 29, 2012
Join DREDF in celebrating disability rights pioneers who aren’t afraid to start something big.
Happy 22nd Anniversary ADA!
July 26, 2012
In celebration and awareness of this larger civil rights journey integral to our own, DREDF invites you to dive back into the past with us on this ADA anniversary with the article “Come On In, The Water’s Fine—But Only If You Can Get There“
Center for Independent Living, et al., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
July 25, 2012
On the eve of the ADA’s 22nd anniversary, DREDF, with Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) and Lewis Feinberg Lee Renaker & Jackson, has filed Center for Independent Living, et al., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. that calls for the retail giant to ensure equal access to shoppers with mobility disabilities. The primary goal of the case is to make Wal-Mart’s point–of–sale terminals accessible to people who use wheelchairs and scooters.
DREDF Victory in NAD v. Netflix
June 19, 2012
In a major victory for the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the nation’s premier civil rights organization for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, the District Court of Massachusetts held that the ADA applies to website-only businesses.
Opposition to Netflix’s Motion for Judgement
May 15, 2012
DREDF and Lewis Feinberg filed an Opposition to Netflix’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings asserting that Netflix is a place of public accommodation under Title III of the ADA, that Netflix sufficiently controls its Watch Instantly content to be held liable under the ADA, and that the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act does not conflict with or supersede the ADA.
Restoring the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act!
July 26, 2007
On July 26, 2007 Congressmen Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI), and Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced “The ADA Restoration Act of 2007.”
Road to Freedom
November 15, 2006
Keeping the Promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act
On November 15, 2006, the Road To Freedom – a yearlong, cross-country “bus” journey and multimedia exhibit of the ADA and disability history, disability community and accessible technology – was launched from Washington, DC and will stop in all 50 states.