As COVID-19 cases continue to climb inside detention centers, Court finds ICE has fallen “far below” compliance with its previous injunction. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Last night in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California,…
Months Later, the Fraihat Hotline Remains Necessary
“We couldn’t keep up with the calls and voicemails at first,” said Pilar Gonzalez Morales, Senior Staff Attorney at Disability Law United, “it was a tsunami of people who were in crisis, seeking re-assessment and needing help to do so.”…
Disability Law United Receives Two-Year Grant from The Colorado Health Foundation
Grant will support a project to help remove communications barriers to health care for Deaf people. The Colorado Health Foundation (CHF) awarded Disability Law United a $150,000 grant over two years through its Amplifying Health Advocacy program. Disability Law United’s…
Landmark Accessibility Settlement Reached with the City of San Jose
Disability Law United, along with co-counsel Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho (GBDH), reached a landmark settlement with the City of San Jose on behalf of a class of persons with mobility disabilities. The settlement requires San Jose to install or…
Welcome Anne-Marie!
We are thrilled to welcome Anne-Marie Bravo as Disability Law United’s newest intern! A third-year student and Public Interest Law Scholar (PILS) at Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL), Anne-Marie will be working full-time with Disability Law United’s Immigration Detention…
Announcing Disability Law United’s 2020 Award Winner – Elisabeth Epps
Disability Law United is honored to announce Elisabeth Epps as the winner of this year’s Challenging Discrimination Award for her longtime commitment to racial justice, ending mass incarceration, and addressing racism in the criminal legal system. As a leader in the prison abolitionist movement, a bail activist,…
Equal and Effective Communication is Guaranteed by the ADA
Disability Law United and 17 other civil rights organizations file amicus brief supporting the right to effective communication The day after Christmas, 2013, Stanley Cropp was wrongfully arrested (based on his confused response to police) and taken to the Larimer…
National Association of the Deaf Announces Landmark Settlement with Harvard to Improve Online Accessibility
Settlement Includes Requirements Beyond Harvard’s New Accessibility Policies, Including Captions for Live Events, Third-Party Platforms and Department-Sponsored Student Groups Harvard Agrees to Enter Consent Decree, Ensuring Court Enforcement of Settlement BOSTON—The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced today a…
Investigation of Communication Problems in Tennessee Prisons
Disability Law United and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT) are currently investigating communication barriers for deaf inmates in Tennessee prisons. This includes prisons operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and by CoreCivic. If you are a deaf inmate in…
Full and Equal Enjoyment for Sports and Music Fans
Client spotlight: Kirstin Kurlander Garcia Deaf lacrosse fan and Disability Law United client Kirstin Kurlander Garcia has been instrumental in bringing open captioning to both the Pepsi Center and Broncos Stadium. Using Disability Law United’s Fast Advocacy for Communication program,…