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For Immediate Release October 22, 2018 Berkeley, California—A coalition of blind advocates today filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court against the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and three counties for failing to provide Medi-Cal notices in accessible formats, such as Braille. The plaintiffs are the California Council of the Blind and […]

For Immediate Release: October 17, 2018 Boston, Massachusetts—Hulu and advocates from the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB) have reached a settlement agreement to increase the accessibility of Hulu’s streaming service to individuals who are blind or have low vision. As a result, Hulu will undertake efforts to […]

New York, NY (August 14, 2018)—In resolution of a federal lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act by Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) last March, NYU Langone Health, NRAD Medical Associates, and related entities have agreed to acquire and install height-adjustable examination tables and related accessible medical equipment at each of their radiology centers in […]

  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 […]

  Photograph by Sarah Walkington, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 New York City, NY – June 27, 2018 – Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”), on behalf of the American Council of the Blind of New York (“ACBNY”) and two individual plaintiffs, filed a landmark class action lawsuit today against the New York City Department of Transportation. According to the suit, New York City violates […]

(Sacramento, CA – June 11, 2018) A U.S. District Court issued a ruling Friday denying San Diego’s motion to dismiss disability discrimination claims in a lawsuit that challenges the ticketing of homeless people in vehicles. The class action law suit, Bloom et al. vs. City of San Diego, filed in November of 2017, alleges that […]

by Matthias Book via Flickr,  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Berkeley, CA (May 17, 2018)– Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a national nonprofit legal center, filed a class action lawsuit against Stanford University today for violating the rights of students with mental health disabilities.  Stanford routinely responds to student mental health crises by barring students from campus and […]

For Immediate Release: April 27, 2018 New York, NY—A federal judge has ordered that a class be certified in a case brought by Disability Rights Advocates charging that the MTA violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it failed to install elevators during a 26.6 million dollar renovation of the Middletown Road subway station in the […]

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 […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Media Contact: Michelle Caiola, Disability Rights Advocates: 212-644-8644, mcaiola@dralegal.org DRA Announces New York Office Relocation and Expansion “To accommodate new growth, better serve our clients, and ensure all New Yorkers have equal opportunities, DRA is moving to a new, expanded office on 42nd street.” –Michelle Caiola On Friday, March […]