disability rights advocates

Encampment residents at Harrison and Eighth Street were granted a temporary restraining order against the city of Berkeley on Sept. 5, momentarily preventing the city from clearing the encampment. 

Members of the Berkeley Commission on Disability filed a lawsuit against the city of Berkeley for disability discrimination.

Disability Rights Advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against Lyft on March 20, alleging that the popular ride-sharing service violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing a wheelchair accessible vehicle service for Bay Area residents.

The lawsuit alleges that Stanford discriminates against students with mental health issues by evicting them from campus housing and pressuring them into taking leaves of absence, thereby violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Disability Rights Advocates, a nonprofit disability rights legal center, has filed a federal lawsuit against Eatsa, a restaurant chain with locations across the country — including in Berkeley — alleging that the company’s ordering process is not accessible to visually impaired individuals.

The UC Berkeley Bancroft Library recently acquired a collection of personal papers, articles and photographs from local disability rights advocate Anthony Tusler, offering students a look into four decades of the disability rights movement.

Berkeley civil rights attorney Haben Girma was appointed the first deaf-blind board trustee of Helen Keller Services for the Blind last Thursday.

BART approved the final prototype design of their new trains Thursday after responding to various criticisms — some, though, remain concerned that the new design does not fully respond to the needs of people with disabilities.

UC Berkeley reached a settlement agreement Tuesday with three Berkeley students to streamline access to course materials and library holdings for students with disabilities.