You can send in a comment as part of an organization. You can also send a comment on your own. The deadline to send in comments is Monday, June 16, 2025.
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
dredf.org/action-alert...
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
dredf.org/action-alert...
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You can send in a comment as part of an organization. You can also send a comment on your own. The deadline to send in comments is Monday, June 16, 2025.
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
dredf.org/action-alert...
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
dredf.org/action-alert...
Care about disability rights?
DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities.
The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!!
See how to submit a comment at this awesome site:
dredf.org/action-alert...
DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities.
The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!!
See how to submit a comment at this awesome site:
dredf.org/action-alert...
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
June 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Care about disability rights?
DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities.
The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!!
See how to submit a comment at this awesome site:
dredf.org/action-alert...
DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities.
The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!!
See how to submit a comment at this awesome site:
dredf.org/action-alert...
Please read the doc provided by @altssa.bsky.social
If you want to help, visit here:
If you want to help, visit here:
February 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Please read the doc provided by @altssa.bsky.social
If you want to help, visit here:
If you want to help, visit here:
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Protester Right Guide
Know Your Rights for Disabled Protestors Guide - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Protester Right Guide
DREDF has talking points and details on who to contact here (h/t @tyleraking.com)
February 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
DREDF has talking points and details on who to contact here (h/t @tyleraking.com)
DREDF has a clear explainer and also clear action steps you can take.
February 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
DREDF has a clear explainer and also clear action steps you can take.
If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
“People with disabilities should not have to ‘politely’ request that businesses comply with a law that has been in effect for over three decades. Further, voluntary compliance is a myth.” Why ADA lawsuits are still necessary to enforce access, at DREDF:
Being “Polite” Does Not Ensure Access - The DREDF Blog
August 18, 2023 Businesses falsely claim that polite phone calls are better at ensuring access than lawsuits. Our real-life experiences, and recent actions by the defendant hotelier in the pending Sup...
dredf.org
August 27, 2023 at 8:06 PM
“People with disabilities should not have to ‘politely’ request that businesses comply with a law that has been in effect for over three decades. Further, voluntary compliance is a myth.” Why ADA lawsuits are still necessary to enforce access, at DREDF:
DREDF believes that Section 504 protects transgender people with disabilities, including a gender dysphoria diagnosis. The disability community includes transgender people, and disability justice cannot be achieved without trans people.
February 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
DREDF believes that Section 504 protects transgender people with disabilities, including a gender dysphoria diagnosis. The disability community includes transgender people, and disability justice cannot be achieved without trans people.
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🚨 The Dept. of Energy is quietly trying to gut building accessibility rules under Section 504.
This rollback would erase protections disabled activists fought decades to win.
🛑 Drop a public comment by June 16 to help stop it:
👉 dredf.org/action-alert...
(Mini history lesson below ⬇️)
🚨 The Dept. of Energy is quietly trying to gut building accessibility rules under Section 504.
This rollback would erase protections disabled activists fought decades to win.
🛑 Drop a public comment by June 16 to help stop it:
👉 dredf.org/action-alert...
(Mini history lesson below ⬇️)
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
June 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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🚨 The Dept. of Energy is quietly trying to gut building accessibility rules under Section 504.
This rollback would erase protections disabled activists fought decades to win.
🛑 Drop a public comment by June 16 to help stop it:
👉 dredf.org/action-alert...
(Mini history lesson below ⬇️)
🚨 The Dept. of Energy is quietly trying to gut building accessibility rules under Section 504.
This rollback would erase protections disabled activists fought decades to win.
🛑 Drop a public comment by June 16 to help stop it:
👉 dredf.org/action-alert...
(Mini history lesson below ⬇️)
This might help to understand the possibilities for the future. dredf.org/blog-post/pr...
Project 2025 and the Disability Community - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This might help to understand the possibilities for the future. dredf.org/blog-post/pr...
Workers’ rights and disability rights are undeniably intertwined, and DREDF staff formed its Union to ensure workers, especially workers with disabilities, have an equal voice at DREDF to protect their rights and thrive in their workplace.
dredf.org/dredf-celebr...
dredf.org/dredf-celebr...
DREDF Celebrates Labor Day and Unionizing - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
September 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Workers’ rights and disability rights are undeniably intertwined, and DREDF staff formed its Union to ensure workers, especially workers with disabilities, have an equal voice at DREDF to protect their rights and thrive in their workplace.
dredf.org/dredf-celebr...
dredf.org/dredf-celebr...
Excellent statement from @dredf.bsky.social on Trump’s authoritarian attack on DC.
I appreciate the direct links both to his executive order calling for detention of people with mental health issues, and to last year’s Grants Pass ruling.
This is about removing “undesirables” from public space.
I appreciate the direct links both to his executive order calling for detention of people with mental health issues, and to last year’s Grants Pass ruling.
This is about removing “undesirables” from public space.
DREDF Condemns the Federal Takeover of DC, Urges Congress to Stand Down the Escalation of Federal Forces - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Excellent statement from @dredf.bsky.social on Trump’s authoritarian attack on DC.
I appreciate the direct links both to his executive order calling for detention of people with mental health issues, and to last year’s Grants Pass ruling.
This is about removing “undesirables” from public space.
I appreciate the direct links both to his executive order calling for detention of people with mental health issues, and to last year’s Grants Pass ruling.
This is about removing “undesirables” from public space.
I also got to meet and make connections with some really great people from great orgs all over. Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) had a strong presence there, along with InterACT, and DREDF, and it was really good to make connections at those orgs.
May 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I also got to meet and make connections with some really great people from great orgs all over. Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) had a strong presence there, along with InterACT, and DREDF, and it was really good to make connections at those orgs.
A very good resource for those who care about children with disabilities! dredf.org/kids-like-me/
KIDS LIKE ME: Resource Packet - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
September 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A very good resource for those who care about children with disabilities! dredf.org/kids-like-me/
The federal government has erased an important tool for enforcing our right to live in our communities. But it has not taken that right away.
DREDF and several organizations condemn this administration’s abandonment of disabled Americans.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dVqM8m
DREDF and several organizations condemn this administration’s abandonment of disabled Americans.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dVqM8m
September 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The federal government has erased an important tool for enforcing our right to live in our communities. But it has not taken that right away.
DREDF and several organizations condemn this administration’s abandonment of disabled Americans.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dVqM8m
DREDF and several organizations condemn this administration’s abandonment of disabled Americans.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dVqM8m
DOE wants to eliminate regulations which require buildings receiving fed funding to be accessible to disabled people.
We need comments submitted by TOMORROW MONDAY 6/16
Pls help push back!
Instructions+template: dredf.org/action-alert...
More background: www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/09/e...
We need comments submitted by TOMORROW MONDAY 6/16
Pls help push back!
Instructions+template: dredf.org/action-alert...
More background: www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/09/e...
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
June 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
DOE wants to eliminate regulations which require buildings receiving fed funding to be accessible to disabled people.
We need comments submitted by TOMORROW MONDAY 6/16
Pls help push back!
Instructions+template: dredf.org/action-alert...
More background: www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/09/e...
We need comments submitted by TOMORROW MONDAY 6/16
Pls help push back!
Instructions+template: dredf.org/action-alert...
More background: www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/09/e...
Great statement from @dredf.bsky.social, opposing ICE/DHS funding and extending solidarity to MN today.
Really, click through and read it.
Really, click through and read it.
DREDF Urges Senate to Reject DHS Funding Bill, Expresses Solidarity with Minnesota and All Communities Impacted by ICE Violence - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Great statement from @dredf.bsky.social, opposing ICE/DHS funding and extending solidarity to MN today.
Really, click through and read it.
Really, click through and read it.
We applaud the new U.S. Department of Transportation protections and commend Secretary Buttigieg and the DOT for establishing a new standard for air travel. Read our full statement on our website:
DREDF Applauds U.S. Department of Transportation’s New Protections for Airline Passengers with Disabilities - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:54 PM
We applaud the new U.S. Department of Transportation protections and commend Secretary Buttigieg and the DOT for establishing a new standard for air travel. Read our full statement on our website:
6/ DREDF said it directly: there is no such thing as a good institution for disabled people. There is only loss of freedom, loss of choice, and loss of community. That sentence should be at the center of every conversation about this memo. dredf.org/we-belong-in...
We Belong in the Community, Not in Institutions - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
June 26, 2026 at 1:55 AM
6/ DREDF said it directly: there is no such thing as a good institution for disabled people. There is only loss of freedom, loss of choice, and loss of community. That sentence should be at the center of every conversation about this memo. dredf.org/we-belong-in...