CRESCENT CITY, CA — June 12, 2024 — Today, the Del Norte County Unified School District and seven student plaintiffs have reached a crucial settlement in the case of Olivia R. et al. v. State of California et al., case…
NPR: Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills
This NPR article features a lawsuit we are working on alongside Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and pro bono counsel King & Spalding LLP against the State of California. You can read our statement on this case here:…
DLU Secures Regulatory Revisions to Help Ensure Public Entities Make Electronic Information Accessible to People with Disabilities
In 2023, the Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding proposed regulations under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act covering electronic information of public entities on websites and mobile applications. Disability Law United (formerly…
CREEC is now Disability Law United!
The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center is now Disability Law United! CREEC has been taking on big fights and winning since our founding in 2013. Putting disability front and center, CREEC believes that inclusion and justice are inseparable. In…
Disability Law United Files Complaint: CBP One App Blocks People with Disabilities From Seeking Asylum
On March 25, 2024, the Civil Rights Education and EnforcementCenter and the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) on the Customs and Border Protection…
Disability Law United Files Petition with U.S. Department of Transportation on Behalf of All Blind People in the U.S.
On January 29, Disability Law United filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on behalf of a class of all blind people in the U.S. represented by the National Federation of the Blind and three individual blind…
Disability Law United’s Impact: Loren’s Story
“Protest means absolutely everything, without it there is nothing else. If you don’t have the right to protest then you are not free to do or think certain ways. You’re not free.” This is what Loren, a disabled social justice…
Disability Law United, DREDF, and King & Spalding LLP File Lawsuit Against State of CA for Failure to Provide Special Education Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 14, 2023 CRESENT CITY, CA – On December 14, Disability Law United, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and the law firm King & Spalding LLP as pro bono counsel filed a complaint (linked here and accessible below)…
Disability Law United’s Impact: Jessie’s Story
Flying as an unaccompanied minor can be daunting and intimidating. Because of this, airlines require guardians to accompany their children to and from airport gates when they are flying to visit other parents or family members, go to summer camp,…
Update on Saltwater Intrusion Threat in Louisiana
Impacts of saltwater intrusion on New Orleans are uncertain, but affected residents downriver continue to rely on bottled drinking water. The City of New Orleans is no longer expected to face the immediate catastrophic impacts of saltwater intrusion forecast…