Impact

DRA focuses on high-impact class action litigation to protect the civil rights of people with all kinds of disabilities throughout the nation. DRA represents people with disabilities in numerous cases seeking access to key activities of mainstream life. Through these cases, DRA has positively impacted the lives of millions of people with disabilities. Search for representative cases by disability and/or area of life.

Our Impact

Jackson v. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago

Case Area: Education/Schools, Public Entities Disability: Blind/Low Vision, Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing, Developmental, Learning Disability, Mobility, Other Disability, Print Disability, Psychiatric

On August 29, 2019, Disability Rights Advocates and Legal Council for Health Justice filed a class action lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools (“CPS”) challenging CPS’s policy of denying free nutrition programs to students whose disabilities require them to attend therapeutic day schools (“TDS”). The named plaintiff – the guardian of a student with several disabilities […]

Smith v. City of Oakland

Case Area: Housing, Public Entities Disability: Mobility

Oakland renters who need to live in accessible units are either shut out of the City’s rent control protections entirely, or forced to live in inaccessible units. If you are in either situation, we want to hear from you: contact us at 510-665-8644 or rentcontrol@dralegal.org. On August 28, 2019, DRA and the Public Interest Law […]