Publications

 

DREDF reports, articles, books, issue papers, handbooks, guides, pamphlets, videos and other communications are intended to provide information and help on issues affecting people with disabilities. Our materials are directed to a diverse audience including attorneys, advocates, parents of children with disabilities and people with disabilities, as well as the general public.

Each Disability Rights Issues section has links to relevant publications. You can also find publications by choosing one of the menu items to the left.

 

Recent Publications

Guide to the Resolution Session in California (November 2007)
In light of changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by Congress in 2004, and changes in California's mediation process, DREDF's "A Guide for California Parents: Special Education Due Process and the Resolution Session," offers guidance through the California special education due process procedure.

 

"Disability Rights Law: Roots, Present Challenges, and Future Collaborations" by Arlene Mayerson. (September 2007)
Disability rights and legal aid lawyers must collaborate to fix the damage caused by the US Supreme Court's decisions narrowing the protections and remedies for people with disabilities. Clearinghouse Review, Vol. 41, Nos.5-6, Sept-Oct 2007.

 

Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Challenges, Best Practices and New Opportunities for Success (July 2007)
A report on the current state of implementation of the ADA including recommendations to increase meaningful access. Published by the National Council on Disability, by Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee, Susan Henderson and Marilyn Golden of DREDF, with Karen Peltz Strauss and Berkeley Policy Associates for the National Council on Disabilities.

 

From Civil Rights to Human Rights (July 2007)
Comments by Silvia Yee on the 30th Anniversary of the 504 Sit-In

 

"Disability Civil Rights and the Promise of Technology" by Arlene Mayerson. (March 2007)
A brief examination of the interaction between advances in technology and disability civil rights.