Organization Website
Twitter: @DREDF
Facebook: Facebook
Primary geographic focus: California Statewide, National
Organization Type: Provider, Research/Policy/Organizing
LAAC Membership Type: Members
Lists: IOLTA-Funded, IOLTA Support Centers
Tags: Disability Rights
Acronym or short name: DREDF
Founded in 1979, DREDF is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. DREDF envisions a just world where all people, with and without disabilities, live full and independent lives free of discrimination, and the organization seeks to realize this vision by confronting the deeply embedded prejudice, paternalism, and economic and social disenfranchisement suffered by Americans with disabilities.
Guided by core principles of equality of opportunity, disability accommodation, accessibility, and inclusion, DREDF’s mission is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.
PRESS/RESEARCH MENTIONING/INVOLVING THIS SOURCE
LAAC Member StoryAdvocates Take on the School to Prison Pipeline for Students with Disabilities
February 9, 2016Last year, the National Council on Disability (NCD) released Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students with Disabilities, a report researched and written by Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF).
News Story
California lawmakers approve assisted dying legislation
Joseph MaytonGuardian
September 9, 2015
California lawmakers approved AB-15, which is similar to the recently failed SB-128, giving terminally ill patients the ability to end their lives.
News Story
California legislators revive right-to-die bill
Lisa M. KriegerSan Jose Mercury News
August 18, 2015
Legislators propose a similar assisted suicide bill in a special health care funding legislative session, bypassing the regular Assembly Health Committee.
News Story
The US education revolution just got a boost
Abby JacksonBusiness Insider
May 5, 2015
Civil rights groups, including NAACP and DREDF, oppose opt-out movement targeting Common Core testing.
Investigative , News Story
Little oversight of restraint practices in special education
Jane Meredith Adams, John C. OsbornEdSource
April 19, 2015
EdSource Today's investigative report into a "behavioral emergency" system found a consistent increase in the use of this type of discipline against students with disabilities.
TRAININGS FROM THIS SOURCE
Legal Rights to Financial Equity for People with Disabilities: Session 1
Sep 22, 2021MCLE: 1 hour (Elimination of Bias)
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Legal Rights to Financial Equity for People with Disabilities: Session 2
Oct 6, 2021MCLE: 1 hour (Elimination of Bias)
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Disability Rights for California Tenants and Shelter Residents
Dec 17, 2021MCLE: 1 hour (Elimination of Bias)
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