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A Kansas City writer is making a film about the disability rights law that paved the way for the ADA
In 1977, Judy Heumann led a 26-day occupation of a federal building that pressured the government to enforce a key civil ...
Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her ...
Disability rights activist Judy Heumann passed away recently, at age 75. As someone with epilepsy, writes Laura Beretsky, I am one of many who stood on Giant Judy’s shoulders when I relied on ...
Judy Heumann was the first person I called when, in 1987, I reported my first story on disability rights. Judy, who contracted polio when she was 18 months old, gave me the quote that perfectly ...
Advocate, rabble-rouser and longtime disability rights hero Judy Heumann died at age 75. Heumann had been fighting for her rights as a person with a disability since childhood.
When Judy Heumann—one of the main subjects of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp—was five years old in the early 1950s, her mother tried to register her for kindergarten in New York City.
The vision of disability rights and civil rights icon Judy Heumann will have a profound effect on the future of business culture. Read how her vision is a true value add to the human story.
Judy Heumann, a renowned international disability advocate, will take a comprehensive look at society now as opposed to when the Americans with Disabilities Act was first signed 30 years ago.
Judy Heumann was the first person I called when, in 1987, I reported my first story on disability rights. Judy, who contracted polio when she was 18 months old, gave me the quote that perfectly ...
Judy Heumann, center, is sworn in as U.S. assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services in Berkeley, Calif., in 1993. Image: Susan Ragan/AP ...
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