Disabled people are still denied access to housing, health care, communication, public services, and justice. Disability Law United fights that — in the courtroom, in communities, and at the intersections where disability meets immigration, incarceration, climate justice, and other systems that impact human dignity.
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Disability Law United (DLU)* is a national, nonprofit legal organization that fights for liberation and equity through the lens of intersectional disability justice.
Grassroots movements for systemic change inform everything we do.
Recent News
Statement: Disability Law United Condemns Federal Law Stripping Medicaid from Refugees, Asylees, and Survivors
Last Thursday, a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect that cuts Medicaid eligibility for hundreds of thousands of people who are in the United States lawfully. Refugees, asylees, survivors of human trafficking, and survivors of domestic…
Press Release: DLU Files Lawsuit Against Two Massachusetts Horse Ranches and Commonwealth Licensing Agency Over Exclusion from Guided Trail Rides
For Immediate Release, September 17, 2026 Contact: Patricia Cronin, Director of Development and Communications, pcronin@dlunited.org, 303-532-2475 Contact: Stephanie Cascone, Director of Communications and Marketing, National Federation of the Blind, scascone@nfb.org, 410-659-9314 ex 2244 Blind People Sue Two Massachusetts Horse Ranches…
In the News: Colorado Springs completing curb ramps years ahead of pace after lawsuit settlement – Colorado Springs Gazette
“The suit was part of a series of settlements across the United States that firms reached in the late 2010s, said Cynthia Rice, law director for Disability Law United. Denver settled a class-action suit over curb ramp deficiencies in 2016…