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

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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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DREDF letter Opposing HR 3765

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Federal Legislative Positions
  • Human Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Arlene B. Mayerson to Receive Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

General

NFB and Disability Advocates Charge Federal Health Agency With Civil Rights Violations

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • audio CD
  • Braille
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • digital navigable formats
  • digital talking-book
  • Electronic Access
  • HHS
  • Juan Figueroa
  • large print
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • NFB
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Press Release

NAD and Gogo Agree to Make Closed Captions Available on In-Flight Entertainment Systems

  • Accessibility
  • Arlene Mayerson
  • Captioning
  • Closed Captions
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

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2014-15 Community Impact Highlights

  • Captioning
  • Technology
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Universal Design

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Affordable Care Act Section 1557 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

  • ACA
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Healthcare
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act

Video

Google: Focus on People with Disabilities

  • Accessibility
  • Adrienne Biddings
  • Assistive Technology
  • Bridgette Hoyer Gosselink
  • Captioning
  • Disability Rights
  • Electronic Access
  • Google Impact Challenge
  • Technology
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Web Accessibility

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The John R. Lewis Intersectionality Award

  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Intersectionality
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act