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Court Preliminarily Approves Class Action Settlement Improving Access for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities in Santa Clara Cty. Jails

American Diabetes Association Joins Three Families to Sue NYC Public Schools for Failure to Provide Diabetes Care to Students

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DRA's Anniversary and the Next 25 Years

Blind advocates challenge state’s failure to provide accessible forms of communication to blind Medi-Cal consumers

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Hulu Becomes Latest Streaming Service to Commit to Accessibility for Blind Users

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Settlement Reached to Provide Equal Access to Critical Health Care Services

More Students Join Class Action by Mental Health Coalition against Stanford University

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Class Action Lawsuit Alleges NYC Sidewalks Won’t Be Safe For Blind Pedestrians For 170 Years

Court Allows Disability-Discrimination Challenge to RV Ban to Go Forward

Stanford University Systematically Violates the Rights of Students with Mental Health Disabilities

Class Certified in Elevator Access Case against MTA; Summary Judgment Motion Pending

Lyft Sued for Discriminating Against Wheelchair-Users

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US Department of Justice Joins DRA Suit Against the MTA

Uber Sued By Disability Rights Groups For Illegal Discrimination Against Wheelchair Users

Watchdog Groups Charge That Kern County Juvenile Corrections Discriminates Against Youth With Disabilities And File Suit In Federal Court

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M.F. et al. v. NYC Department of Education et al.

Case Area: Education/Schools Disability: Other Disability

On November 1, 2018, Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”), the American Diabetes Association (“ADA”), and Law Offices of Popper & Yatvin sued the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) and other New York City agencies, alleging that these agencies systemically fail to ensure that students with diabetes can attend school safely and have access to[…continue]

T.G., et al. v. Kern County, et al.

Case Area: Education/Schools, Juvenile Justice, Public Entities Disability: Developmental, Learning Disability, Psychiatric

On February 22, 2018, Disability Rights Advocates, in partnership with Disability Rights California (“DRC”), released a 50-page report on our 6-month investigation of the treatment of youth with disabilities at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and other Kern County juvenile detention facilities. Our investigation uncovered abuse and neglect of youth with mental health and behavioral[…continue]

News & Current Events

More Students Join Class Action by Mental Health Coalition against Stanford University July 16, 2018

Berkeley, CA (July 16, 2018) – Three more students have joined a precedent-setting class action brought by Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) against Stanford University for violating the rights of students with mental health disabilities. The lawsuit alleges that Stanford routinely responds to student mental health crises by barring students from campus and evicting them[…continue]

US Department of Justice Joins DRA Suit Against the MTA March 13, 2018

On March 13, 2018, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a Complaint-in-Intervention in Bronx Independent Living Services, et al. v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, et. al, our case challenging the MTA’s failure to install elevators at its newly-renovated Middletown Road station. In this complaint and its accompanying press release, the[…continue]

Lyft Sued for Discriminating Against Wheelchair-Users March 13, 2018

Photo via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) Berkeley, CA (March 13, 2018)—Today, Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) filed a major class action lawsuit against Lyft, challenging the popular ride-sharing service’s failure to make wheelchair-accessible vehicles available in the Bay Area through its rideshare service. The suit, brought by a coalition of a disability rights group and individuals in[…continue]