Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc.
Resource Summary Page
Resource: Disability
Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc.
Associated Organization:
Country of Origin: USA
Address: Main Office
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
510.644.2555 V/TTY
510.841.8645 fax
Government Affairs
1629 “K” Street N.W
Suite 802
Washington, DC 20006
202.986.0375.tel
202.775.7465 fax
Email: dredf@dredf.org
Site Summary: "THE
MISSION: To secure and advance the civil rights of people with
disabilities".
"WHAT
IS DREDF? The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., (DREDF)
is the leading national law and policy center in disability civil
rights. DREDF was founded in 1979 by a unique alliance of adults with
disabilities and parents of children with disabilities. DREDF's name was
chosen to associate and align with the tradition of other civil rights
legal defense funds, starting with the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund."
"WHY A DEFENSE
FUND FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS? There are 49 million people with
disabilities living in the United States today. The largest minority in
America, people with disabilities are the poorest and least educated.
Two-thirds of all working-age Americans with disabilities are
unemployed. Hundreds of thousands of children with disabilities are
isolated in segregated "handicapped-only" schools or receive
inferior educations. Such economic and social disenfranchisement is not
an inevitable consequence of the physical and mental limitations imposed
by disability; it results from discrimination. Discrimination against
people with disabilities occurs in every aspect of daily life."
"You probably
have a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor who has cancer,
epilepsy, AIDS, or who uses a wheelchair - and who has experienced
discrimination on the job, at school or in your community because of
that disability.." Quoted from the web site
Disability Association(s):
All Disabilities
Internet Location: http://www.dredf.org/
Internet Resource Type: Web Site,
Resource Type: Advocacy
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