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.

Report

“Expensive, frustrating, demoralizing”: Wheelchair users’ recent device purchase experiences

  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Independent Living
  • Wheelchair users

General

USDOT March 24th Public Meeting on Air Travel by Wheelchair Users

  • USDOT
  • Wheelchair users

Press Release

Wal-Mart Press Release

  • Accessibility
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Scooter Users
  • Wal-Mart
  • Wheelchair users

Case

Center for Independent Living, et al., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

  • Civil Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Independent Living
  • Mobility Disabilities
  • Scooter Users
  • WalMart
  • Wheelchair users

General

Kmart Notice

  • Class Action
  • Kmart
  • Scooter Users
  • Wheelchair users

Public Comment

Final Comments on Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs)

  • Accessibility
  • Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
  • ANPRM
  • Assistive Technology
  • Captioning
  • DME
  • DOJ
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • EHR
  • Electronic Access
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Scooter Users
  • Section 508 Standards
  • Universal Design
  • Wheelchair users

Press Release

Have it Your Way at Burger King? Not if You Use a Wheelchair

  • Accessibility
  • Castaneda v. Burger King
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Equal Rights
  • Miguel Castaneda
  • Scooter Users
  • Universal Design
  • Wheelchair users

General

Burger King Corporation

  • barriers
  • Castaneda v. Burger King
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Equal Rights
  • Miguel Castaneda
  • Wheelchair users

Press Release

Settlement of San Francisco Lawsuit to Create New Community Services for Seniors and Adults With Disabilities

  • Chambers et al. v. City and County of San Francisco
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Healthcare
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Independent Living
  • Laguna Honda Hospital
  • Mark Chambers
  • Mitch Katz
  • Patient Protection
  • Scooter Users
  • Success at Home
  • Universal Design
  • Wheelchair users

General, Press Release

Good News Ahead for Amtrak Thruway Bus Passengers in California

  • Accessibility
  • Amtrak
  • Disability Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Scooter Users
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Wheelchair users