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In 1977, Judy Heumann led a 26-day occupation of a federal building that pressured the government to enforce a key civil ...
BAFTA nominee Ruth Madeley will star as disability rights activist Judy Heumann in Academy Award winner Siân Heder’s upcoming feature “Being Heumann” for Apple Original Films. Based on ...
A mural commemorating the legacy of disabilities rights’ activist Judy Heumann was unveiled Friday at the Judy Heumann Adult Transition Center in Wilsonville.He ...
Lifelong disability rights advocate, Judy Heumann, passed away in early March. Known as the “mother of the disability rights movement,” Heumann rose to prominence as an activist in the 1970s.
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 ...
Historicons Co-founder Rose Perry met with civil rights leader Judy Heumann just eight days before her sudden passing. Historicons As our meeting was taking place on Zoom—where my small stature ...
Judy Heumann didn’t just fight for civil rights. She fought for the right of self-determination.
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.
When I learned that lifelong disability-rights activist Judy Heumann had passed away, I felt anxious in a way I struggled to explain. It sounds like a grand thing to say, but Judy’s presence on ...
Judy Heumann will be memorialized as a national and international champion of disability rights, and rightly so [“ Champion for disability rights spearheaded a movement,” obituaries, March 7 ...
Judy Heumann, who spent decades advocating for the inherent dignity of people with disabilities, campaigning for federal civil rights legislation while organizing sit-ins, marches and other ...
Globally renowned as a disability rights pioneer, Heumann took an intimate interest in the lives of many people, including our family.