ADA

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

January 26, 2016
Deaf and hard of hearing airline passengers will soon have closed captioned, on-demand in-flight entertainment videos. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a non-profit civil rights organization of, by, and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, and Gogo LLC, the global leader in providing broadband connectivity solutions and wireless entertainment to the aviation industry, have reached a historic agreement for Gogo to make closed captioning available for 100 percent of programming content sourced by Gogo and streamed through its on-demand in-flight entertainment service, Gogo Vision.

2014-15 Community Impact Highlights

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December 9, 2015
Your shared commitment to disability justice allowed us to be vigorous advocates who were prepared to bring disability rights to the table — whether that table was in the courthouse, the schoolhouse, or the White House.

Affordable Care Act Section 1557 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

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November 13, 2015
DREDF submitted comments on proposed regulations issued under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, on non-discrimination in federally funded and federally conducted healthcare activities and programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the federal and state marketplaces.

Google: Focus on People with Disabilities

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October 12, 2015
Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities A project of Google.org
"We know and you all know that technology can completely change and transform the quality of life for every individual out there." - Adrienne Biddings, Google Policy Council in Washington D.C.

The John R. Lewis Intersectionality Award

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October 5, 2015
DREDF is proud to establish the John R. Lewis Intersectionality Award. Mr. Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement has continually recognized that the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as disability, race, class, and gender create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

The Making of the ADA – Week Four

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August 17, 2015
Memories from the 10th Anniversary Week Four: Carolyn Osolinik, Richard Thornburgh and Marilyn Golden In an effort to capture the day–to–day memories of some of those who were part of this historic event, the University of San Francisco and Access Video, collaborated with DREDF during 1999 and 2000 to interview some of the people who were central to the law's passage.

Marilyn Golden: wanted to do the right thing so we evolved that policy with them

The Making of the ADA – Week Three

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July 30, 2015
Memories from the 10th Anniversary
Week Three: C. Boyden Gray, Ralph G. Neas, and Arlene Mayerson (Part 2)
In an effort to capture the day–to–day memories of some of those who were part of this historic event, the University of San Francisco and Access Video, collaborated with DREDF during 1999 and 2000 to interview some of the people who were central to the law's passage.

Arlene Mayerson: What covers that? And so we were able to change the words.

The Making of the ADA – Week Two

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July 19, 2015
Memories from the 10th Anniversary
This Week: Senator Tom Harkin, Arlene Mayerson, and Pat Wright
In an effort to capture the day–to–day memories of some of those who were part of this historic event, the University of San Francisco and Access Video, collaborated with DREDF during 1999 and 2000 to interview some of the people who were central to the law's passage.

Tom Harkin. ...sometimes to move a piece of legislation . Sometimes it just happens

The Making of the ADA – Week One

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July 14, 2015
As the country approaches the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we pause for a moment to take stock of the impact the ADA has had on our lives and our communities over the past quarter century and to recognize both the sung and the unsung heroes who worked tirelessly to make the dream of full civil rights for people with disabilities a legal reality.

Justin Dart. Breslin: An auspicious beginning

Transportation Update: Where We’ve Gone and What We’ve Learned

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May 5, 2015
On May 4, the National Council on Disability published a major report authored by Marilyn Golden, DREDF Senior Policy Analyst. The Update is a comprehensive analysis of surface transportation in the United States today, covering bus, train, and paratransit systems, enforcement, rural transit and fixed route deviation, key policy developments in ADA transportation, commercial driver's license rules, public rights-of-way, and privately-funded transportation, including accessible taxis and transportation network companies (TNCs).