{"id":1259,"date":"2020-08-19T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T17:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didepas.org\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2024-09-09T23:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T23:18:34","slug":"welcome-to-the-heumann-perspective-with-judy-heumann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didepas.org\/index.php\/welcome-to-the-heumann-perspective-with-judy-heumann\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Heumann Perspective with Judy Heumann!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist<\/strong> by Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner<\/p>\n

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.<\/p>\n

A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman\u2019s activism\u2014from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington\u2014Being Heumann<\/em> recounts Judy Heumann\u2019s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.<\/p>\n

\"\"Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy\u2019s struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a \"fire hazard\" to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher\u2019s license because of her paralysis, Judy\u2019s actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people.<\/p>\n

As a young woman, Judy rolled her wheelchair through the doors of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Francisco as a leader of the Section 504 Sit-In, the longest takeover of a governmental building in US history. Working with a community of over 150 disabled activists and allies, Judy successfully pressured the Carter administration to implement protections for disabled people\u2019s rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.<\/p>\n

Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann\u2019s memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCB7pemkbDQYezB6PeDFXTvg\/videos<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheHeumannPerspective<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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