NYLPI's Disability Law Center ("DLC") works to enable people with disabilities to participate fully in the mainstream of American society and to dispel the notion that people with mental or physical disabilities are incapable of experiencing fully realized and accomplished lives. The core of the Center's work is impact litigation. In addition, staff members also advise and provide technical assistance to people with disabilities and their advocates, conduct trainings, and sit on private and government commissions. This work is furthered by assistance from the private bar, which is orchestrated by NYLPI's Disability Rights Task Force.
Towards these ends, the Disability Law Center has brought numerous lawsuits to protect and promote the civil rights of people with disabilities. NYLPI's lawyers have also successfully incorporated other forms of advocacy to address such fundamental rights as:
- the right to a free, appropriate education
- the right to work in a non-discriminatory environment
- the right to participate fully in social and civic life
- the right to health care on a non-discriminatory basis
- the right to treatment and
- the right to refuse treatment
In this portion of the site, you can find out more about the work and issues the DLC is currently engaged in. You can also learn more about the DLC's past. We also invite you to investigate groups with which the DLC works and what you can do to help. The DLC also maintains a disability rights practice area on ProBono.Net containing a wealth of resources for attorneys working on disability rights issues.
Click here to access a report issued by Parents for Inclusive Education (PIE) on how New York City's high school reform effort has excluded children with disabilities.
Disabled in Action Settlement Agreement with Duane Reade Pharmacies
NYLPI Comments to the Department of Justice regarding Access to Medical Care and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
