Being Heumann An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner, Ali Stroker

eAudio - 2020

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction"...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history."— BuzzfeedOne 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 schoo...l 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... more