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Judith Heumann
Kristen Joiner
As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.“If I didn’t fight, who would?”Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust-surviving parents in New York City, Judy had a drive for equality that was instilled early in life.In this young readers’ edition of her acclaimed memoir, Being Heumann, Judy shares her journey of battling for equal access in an unequal world—from fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” because of her wheelchair, to suing the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her disability. Judy went on to lead 150 disabled people in the longest sit-in protest in US history at the San Francisco Federal Building. Cut off from the outside world, the group slept on office floors, faced down bomb threats, and risked their lives to win the world’s attention and the first civil rights legislation for disabled people.Judy’s bravery, persistence, and signature rebellious streak will speak to every person fighting to belong and fighting for social justice.
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Author
Judith Heumann
Pages
216
Publisher
Beacon Press
Published Date
2021-06-15
ISBN
080700359X 9780807003596
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"This is an autobiography about Judith Ellen got polio at a young age. Because of that she couldn’t move her legs and barely move her arms. This was during the time disabled people were tossed to the side and were seen as lesser beings. Buildings weren’t accessible and there was no special wheel chair for people like her. Disabled people were denied rights to go to school and jobs wouldn’t hire them. Judith had to get around by getting someone to push her around in her wheel chair. For a while it was her parents but Judy manage to get into high school and college. She had to find a classmate that was willing to push her to her next class. Her scedule was always centered around when her friends were able to help her. Every little thing that is supposed to be a basic right for everyone Judy and her mom had to fight for. Even after they fought they still wouldn’t get it. <br/><br/>The book is really eye opening to the hard ships disabled people had to face. It because Judy and many other deaf, blind, people with polio, disabled war veterans and parents of disabled children that disabled people today have a opportunity. They fought to make it a law but government refused many times. <br/><br/>When writing this book Judy does a good job focusing on the important parts. The writing is also straight forward and easy to understand."
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