Being Heumann, an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist, Judith Heumann, with Kristen Joiner
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Being Heumann, an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist, Judith Heumann, with Kristen Joiner
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218)
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Being Heumann
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1119745182
Responsibility statement
Judith Heumann, with Kristen Joiner
Sub title
an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist
Summary
"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. 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's 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's license because of her paralysis, Judy's actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people. 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 peoples' rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 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."--, Provided by publisher
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Creator
Subject
- Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
- Biographies
- Biography
- People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
- Human rights
- Heumann, Judith E
- Droits de l'homme
- Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Civil rights
- Human Rights
- civil rights
- School Teachers
- Personnes handicapées
- Heuman, Judith E
- Autobiographies
- Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- Personnes handicapées -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Jewish women -- United States -- Biography
- People with disabilities + Civil rights -- United States
- United States
- Enseignants -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Civil Rights
- Disabled Persons
- Autobiography
- People with disabilities
- Teachers -- United States -- Biography
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- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject26
- Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
- Biographies
- Biography
- People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
- Human rights
- Heumann, Judith E
- Droits de l'homme
- Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Civil rights
- Human Rights
- civil rights
- School Teachers
- Personnes handicapées
- Heuman, Judith E
- Autobiographies
- Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- Personnes handicapées -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Jewish women -- United States -- Biography
- People with disabilities + Civil rights -- United States
- United States
- Enseignants -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Civil Rights
- Disabled Persons
- Autobiography
- People with disabilities
- Teachers -- United States -- Biography
- Content1
- Author2
- Other version1
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