May 18, 2023
Today, four law school graduates with disabilities have filed a group complaint with the U.S. DOJ against the State Bar of California for consistently violating the ADA by failing to provide accommodations on the California bar exam.
April 25, 2023
DREDF and LAFLA have reached the first settlements in a major lawsuit against 22 properties accused of unlawful discrimination against tenants receiving Section 8 vouchers.
March 21, 2023
Claims include misgendering, offensive questions and comments, failure to accommodate and sexual assault
January 31, 2023
Yesterday, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against 22 providers of rental housing for alleged source-of-income discrimination against participants in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.
January 5, 2023
Today Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and the ACLU of Missouri (ACLU) delivered a letter demanding that on the mayor and aldermen of the City of St. Louis and judicial leadership end and remedy overt and unlawful disability discrimination against the custodial workers who clean and service the court building.
November 29, 2022
Today a coalition of disability organizations led by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) called on the state of California to do more to make its high-profile abortion portal accessible and relevant to disabled Californians. The group made its demands by letter to Governor Newsom and Secretary of Health and Human Services Mark Ghaly, M.D.
November 17, 2022
DREDF has just filed an Administrative Complaint with SSA on behalf of Lori Long. Read our press release to learn more.
March 16, 2022
Martinez, California — On March 9, 2022, the Contra Costa County Superior Court issued a ruling confirming, as Plaintiffs argued, that the State of California has a duty to protect the right to a basic education for students of color, with or without disabilities, and fix racial segregation. The ruling also affirms, for the first time ever, that disabled students have a constitutional right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) on the state level. Previously this was expressed in statute only. [...]
February 15, 2022
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Nearly 10,000 people from more than 800 different organizations and agencies have signed an online petition spearheaded by two California-based disability civil rights organizations – Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund (DREDF) and Disability Rights California (DRC) – demanding that the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) suspend efforts to eliminate protections afforded under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Supporters signing the petition include the Honorable Tony Coelho and Steve Bartlett, two of the original authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as well as disability activist and Obama administration leader The Honorable Dr. Judith Heumann. [...]
December 16, 2021
Leaders in disability rights across California issued a public demand calling on the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to abandon its reckless plan to file a petition with the United States Supreme Court on December 15, 2021 in the Payan v. LACCD case. Signatories include two former members of Congress who were authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Honorable Tony Coelho (D) and the Honorable Steve Bartlett (R), as well as the Honorable Dr. Judith Heumann, who served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations, and whose life story is featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary Crip Camp. The letter was first sent last week, but was made public when LACCD failed to respond. [...]