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Former advisor to Presidents Clinton and Obama, star of the Oscar-nominated Crip Camp and one of the planet's most influential disability rights activists, tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality 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's license, to leading the section 504 sit-in that led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judy's actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people around the globe. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann's memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139780753559291
eBay Product ID (ePID)14049034636
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBeing Heumann: the Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Publication Year2021
SubjectDisability, Politics
TypeTextbook
AuthorKristen Joiner, Judith Heumann
Subject AreaCivil Service
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight166 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJudith Heumann, Kristen Joiner