January 18, 2024
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association, represented by DREDF, has negotiated an agreement with the California Lawyers Association (CLA) under which CLA will increase the accessibility of its educational programs and events.
January 17, 2024
STANTON, CA – DREDF and the ELDR Center filed a complaint against Park Stanton Place Apartments for their failure to accommodate a prospective tenant with disabilities, leaving her unhoused.
January 12, 2024
Tell Attorney General Bonta by February 5, 2024, that remote participation is a reasonable accommodation – AND that people with disabilities who need to participate remotely should not be subjected to burdensome requirements.
January 10, 2024
People with disabilities cannot be fully included in healthcare equity and equality work without being recognized and counted demographically.
Last Updated: January 4, 2024
This resource page contains contact information to help find disability accommodations like braille, interpreters, and captioning as well as connections to services and community organizations.
December 19, 2023
DREDF's comment letter to the Bureau emphasizes how disability advocates and researchers must not only be included, but must lead any changes to how the census counts people with disabilities.
December 18, 2023
DREDF announced today that its long-serving Executive Director, Susan Henderson, will retire once a successor has been brought on.
December 15, 2023
The complaint against the State of California alleging that the Del Norte County Unified School District has failed to provide equal educational opportunities to disabled students in the district as required by the Constitution of the state of California and that the State must step in.
December 14, 2023
Today, DREDF, CREEC, and the law firm King & Spalding LLP as pro bono counsel filed a complaint against the State of California alleging that the Del Norte County Unified School District has failed to provide equal educational opportunities to disabled students in the district as required by the Constitution of the state of California and that the State must step in.
February 14, 2024
The "Disabled Adult Child" or DAC benefit is a Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefit. It is a "secondary" benefit, meaning it is based on another person's work record (in this case, the parent of the beneficiary). A DAC beneficiary must be a dependent "adult child" with a qualifying disability that began before age 22. Recipients must be unable to engage in "substantial gainful activity" due to their disability. There are about 1.1 million DAC recipients. [...]