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.

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

Public Comment

DREDF and Allies Submit Comments on Website Accessibility

  • Accessibility
  • Civil Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards

General

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

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

Press Release

National Federation of the Blind Reaches Agreement with U.S. Department of Education

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Braille
  • Electronic Records
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • Web Accessibility

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

General

DREDF Investigating Public Benefits Website Access

  • Accessibility
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards

Public Comment

Health Information Technology

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • EHR
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Healthcare
  • meaningful use
  • Section 508 Standards
  • US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Web Accessibility
  • Web Standards