Proposed Rule for State Plan HCBS

July 2, 2012
DREDF has read and agrees with both the overarching and more specific comments of our colleagues at both the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and the National Disability Rights Network concerning the proposed Rule. Our chief concerns and recommendations are as follows: ...

SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act

June 28, 2012
This historic decision means that people with disabilities will continue to benefit from the profound impact of the landmark law. By affirming the individual mandate, the Court ensured that private insurers will have access to the largest possible pool of enrollees, thus holding costs down.

The Education Code – Relating to School Districts

June 19, 2012
AB 2616 protects the interests of the State in conserving fiscal resources, school administrators in having some limited discretion to address a student's needs based on the facts presented, and students and families in having school districts try to address the root causes of the attendance problem before proceeding with criminal sanctions.

DREDF Victory in NAD v. Netflix

June 19, 2012
In a major victory for the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the nation's premier civil rights organization for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, the District Court of Massachusetts held that the ADA applies to website-only businesses.