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Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
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People with disabilities should not lose healthcare because of paperwork, reporting requirements, or narrow definitions of disability.
This article highlights growing concerns about new Medicaid rules pushing people with disabilities off these critical services.
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500+ advocates gathered at CA Capitol last week to celebrate disability pride and demand policies that support access, civil rights, healthcare, education, and community living.
Continued pressure on these issues is critical as highlighted: https://bit.ly/4fRCz9A
Together we are a powerful!
A new article highlights findings documenting how SSA staffing cuts, office closures, long waits, and technology barriers have made it harder for people with disabilities to access benefits they need.
The article: bit.ly/4x043jL
The report:
For many disabled LGBTQIA+ people, pride is a radical act of resistance.
Pride is a practice - it grows when we speak our truth, find community, challenge injustice, and refuse to disappear.
How do you practice pride?
Read more about Pride as a protest: https://dredf.org/pride-is-a-protest/
Future disability rights lawyers: DREDF is accepting candidates to support with application for fellowship sponsorship opportunities beginning in Fall 2027.
Receive guidance in crafting a high quality application for disability civil rights legal advocacy work.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Sf5PNJ
Los inmigrantes con discapacidad tienen derechos conforme a la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación.
Nuestra nueva guía “Conoce Tus Derechos” explica cómo solicitar adaptaciones y defender el acceso igualitario.
Lee y comparte:https://dredf.org/kyr-ras-immigration-procedures-and-proceedings/
DREDF is proud to have co-authored an amicus brief with Fox & Robertson, joined by 8 allies, standing together to defend the right of people with disabilities to use the courts to challenge discrimination & secure access.
Learn more: https://dredf.org/nad-v-trump-2026-amicus-brief/
Congress should fund care and community, not detention and deportation. Read the letter DREDF and allies signed opposing $71 billion in new ICE and CBP funding and calling for investment in Medicaid, SNAP, housing, and essential services instead.
Read the letter: https://tinyurl.com/2nycptey
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
This report is based on interviews with 52 benefits professionals serving over 8,000 disability claimants nationwide. The independent research finds that recent Social Security Administration administrative changes have produced widespread access barriers, including longer delays, increased errors, reduced access to human assistance, and disproportionate harm to people with unstable housing, limited internet access, and cognitive or psychiatric disabilities.
The Trump administration is unveiling long-awaited details about new, more stringent Medicaid eligibility rules and raising fresh concerns about implications for people with disabilities.
Disabled tenants deserve safe, accessible housing.
DREDF and the Eviction Defense Collaborative filed a lawsuit on behalf of disabled tenants in SF after accommodation requests were ignored.
Read the press release: https://dredf.org/1086-post-press-release/
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Join DREDF on July 28 for the "Let's Talk About the Problem" Book Tour with Dara Baldwin, author of 'To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement.'
Attend in person or online. Register now: https://tinyurl.com/4c38fmn2
