Spotlights Archive | Disability Rights Pennsylvania

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Administrative Complaint Results in Requirement that Special Education Services be Provided to Youth in Philadelphia Jails

Litigation Spotlight

Federal Lawsuit Brought by DRP and Private Co-Counsel Results in Changes That Make Ballots More Accessible to Blind Voters

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Successfully Advocates for Hard of Hearing Student in Need of Assistive Listening Device

Legislative & Policy Spotlight

DRP Testifies About Voting Issues for People with Disabilities in Advance of General Election

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Successfully Advocates for Exceptions to Hospital COVID-19 Visitation Policies for Patients with Intellectual Disability

Litigation Spotlight

Civil Rights Complaint Filed by Disability Rights Pennsylvania Resulted in Progress on Pennsylvania’s Medical Rationing Guidelines

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Obtains Consent Decree Requiring Significant Modifications at Upper Dublin Middle School to Provide Accessibility for Student Who Uses Wheelchair in Federal Court Lawsuit

Litigation Spotlight

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Act 80 Unconstitutional and Re-opens Applications for General Cash Assistance

Litigation Spotlight

Pennsylvania Federal District Court Rules that Altering Rent Due Date Can be a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act for Tenants who Receive Disability Benefits

Litigation Spotlight

Harry M. Settlement Alert: New deadlines for deaf services in the Consolidated Waiver

Legislative & Policy Spotlight

Disability Rights Pennsylvania Staff Attorney Gabe Labella Testifies Before Philadelphia City Council on Children with Disabilities and Institutional Placement

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Persuades Nail Salon to Comply With ADA Obligations

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Lawsuit Preserves the Right of People with Disabilities to Seek Reserved Residential Parking Spaces in Conway Borough

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Assists Client with Self-Advocacy Resulting in Client Being Able to Stay in Her Home in the Community

Litigation Spotlight

ADA Lawsuit Brought by DRP Results in Accessibility Changes to Philadelphia Restaurant

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Successfully Advocates for Community Home for Youth with Disabilities Who was Unnecessarily Living in a Psychiatric Hospital

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Completes Monitoring of Wetzel Settlement Ensuring Mental Health Treatment and the End of Solitary Confinement for PA Prisoners with Mental Illness

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Advocates for Client with Intellectual Disability in Criminal Court

Litigation Spotlight

DRP obtains Third Circuit ruling that American Sign Language tactile interpreting is an auxiliary aid and service for individuals who are deafblind under the ADA

Legislative & Policy Spotlight

DRP Urges Philadelphia School Reform Commission to Make Integration of Students with Disabilities Mandatory

Litigation Spotlight

Philadelphia Place of Public Accommodation Constructs Ramp, Providing Equal Access to Wheelchair User and Resolving Lawsuit Brought by DRP

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Assisted an individual with a mobility disability in requesting an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Successfully Resolves Two Cases Involving the Department of Human Services’ Failure to Fund Wheelchair Lifts and Other Equipment

Litigation Spotlight

Berks County Taxi Companies Agree to Provide Equal Access to their Taxi Services to Reading Resident Who Uses a Wheelchair to Resolve Lawsuit Brought by DRP

Spotlights On Our Work

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Administrative Complaint Results in Requirement that Special Education Services be Provided to Youth in Philadelphia Jails

Litigation Spotlight

Federal Lawsuit Brought by DRP and Private Co-Counsel Results in Changes That Make Ballots More Accessible to Blind Voters

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Successfully Advocates for Hard of Hearing Student in Need of Assistive Listening Device

Legislative & Policy Spotlight

DRP Testifies About Voting Issues for People with Disabilities in Advance of General Election

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Successfully Advocates for Exceptions to Hospital COVID-19 Visitation Policies for Patients with Intellectual Disability

Litigation Spotlight

Civil Rights Complaint Filed by Disability Rights Pennsylvania Resulted in Progress on Pennsylvania’s Medical Rationing Guidelines

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Obtains Consent Decree Requiring Significant Modifications at Upper Dublin Middle School to Provide Accessibility for Student Who Uses Wheelchair in Federal Court Lawsuit

Litigation Spotlight

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Act 80 Unconstitutional and Re-opens Applications for General Cash Assistance

Litigation Spotlight

Pennsylvania Federal District Court Rules that Altering Rent Due Date Can be a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act for Tenants who Receive Disability Benefits

Litigation Spotlight

Harry M. Settlement Alert: New deadlines for deaf services in the Consolidated Waiver

Legislative & Policy Spotlight

Disability Rights Pennsylvania Staff Attorney Gabe Labella Testifies Before Philadelphia City Council on Children with Disabilities and Institutional Placement

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Persuades Nail Salon to Comply With ADA Obligations

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Lawsuit Preserves the Right of People with Disabilities to Seek Reserved Residential Parking Spaces in Conway Borough

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Assists Client with Self-Advocacy Resulting in Client Being Able to Stay in Her Home in the Community

Litigation Spotlight

ADA Lawsuit Brought by DRP Results in Accessibility Changes to Philadelphia Restaurant

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Successfully Advocates for Community Home for Youth with Disabilities Who was Unnecessarily Living in a Psychiatric Hospital

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Completes Monitoring of Wetzel Settlement Ensuring Mental Health Treatment and the End of Solitary Confinement for PA Prisoners with Mental Illness

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Advocates for Client with Intellectual Disability in Criminal Court

Litigation Spotlight

DRP obtains Third Circuit ruling that American Sign Language tactile interpreting is an auxiliary aid and service for individuals who are deafblind under the ADA

Legislative & Policy Spotlight

DRP Urges Philadelphia School Reform Commission to Make Integration of Students with Disabilities Mandatory

Litigation Spotlight

Philadelphia Place of Public Accommodation Constructs Ramp, Providing Equal Access to Wheelchair User and Resolving Lawsuit Brought by DRP

Advocacy Spotlight

DRP Assisted an individual with a mobility disability in requesting an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Litigation Spotlight

DRP Successfully Resolves Two Cases Involving the Department of Human Services’ Failure to Fund Wheelchair Lifts and Other Equipment

Litigation Spotlight

Berks County Taxi Companies Agree to Provide Equal Access to their Taxi Services to Reading Resident Who Uses a Wheelchair to Resolve Lawsuit Brought by DRP