The City of Boston and the Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL), Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB), and five Boston voters, represented by the Disability Law Center (DLC),…
Disability Law Center Investigation of Tewksbury Hospital – Findings and Recommendations
DLC initiated a monitoring of Tewksbury State Hospital on April 23, 2020 due to reported concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 at the facility, which houses units run by the…
Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ATTENTION ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY DISABILITIES: If you have used, or attempted to use, the pedestrian right of way in the City…
DLC Finds Abuse & Neglect in Death of Woman Discharged from Middleborough Hospital and Left on Boston Streets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 8, 2021 DLC Finds Abuse & Neglect in Death of Woman Discharged from Middleborough Hospital and Left on Boston Streets Watchdog Group Cites Failure of the…
Accessibility Enhancements on the Horizon for HBO Max Customers Who are Blind
For Immediate Release October 19, 2020 Contacts Meredith Weaver, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates: 510-665-8644, mweaver@dralegal.org Tatum A. Pritchard, Director of Litigation, Disability Law Center: 617-723-8455, tpritchard@dlc-ma.org Kim Charlson, Immediate…
Federal Court Approves Agreed Judgment In Case That DLC Filed To Ensure Accessible Vote By Mail For Voters With Disabilities
Contact: Tatum A. Pritchard, Director of Litigation tpritchard@dlc-ma.org or 617-723-8455 Ext. 138 October 13, 2020 FEDERAL COURT APPROVES AGREED JUDGMENT IN CASE THAT DLC FILED TO ENSURE ACCESSIBLE VOTE BY…
Final Judgment in DLC’s Emergency Petition Concerning Accessible Electronic Vote by Mail
Contact: Tatum A. Pritchard, Director of Litigation On August 21, 2020, DLC filed an Emergency Petition with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts – Charlson, et al., v. Secretary of…
SJC Judgement Issues in DLC’s Emergency Petition Concerning Accessible Electronic Vote by Mail
For Immediate Release Contact: Tatum A. Pritchard, Director of Litigation On August 21, 2020, DLC filed an Emergency Petition with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on behalf of six…
DLC Files Emergency Petition with the SJC Concerning Accessible Electronic Vote by Mail
August 21, 2020 Today, DLC filed an Emergency Petition with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on behalf of six individual petitioners, Bay State Council of the Blind, and the…
A message from our Executive Director
Friends, Our nation has been rocked by tragedy and pain during the past few months. We were shaken by the disparate impact that COVID-19 has had on the disability community…