[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Judy Heumann: More Deserved Celebration of Her Life

Mon Mar 6 19:58:18 UTC 2023

	Thank you, Sean, for alerting me to this.
Christine


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> The "mother" of the disability rights movement

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> The Center for Accessibility Remembers Judith "Judy" Heumann
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> Press release from JudithHeumann.com <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2p1ZGl0aGhldW1hbm4uY29tL3RoZS13b3JsZC1tb3VybnMtdGhlLXBhc3Npbmctb2YtanVkeS1oZXVtYW5uLWRpc2FiaWxpdHktcmlnaHRzLWFjdGl2aXN0LyJ9.A6JpukqG68F_5_ryIUQdLFLxgtXDbvjFdEKJi_la2xM/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l>:
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> Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023. Judy was at the forefront of major disability rights demonstrations, helped spearhead the passage of disability rights legislation, founded national and international disability advocacy organizations, held senior federal government positions, co-authored her memoir, Being Heumann, and its Young Adult version, Rolling Warrior, and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary film, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.
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> Born in 1947 in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn, New York to parents Ilse and Werner Heumann, Judy contracted polio at age two. Her doctor advised her parents to institutionalize her when it was clear that she would never be able to walk. “Institutionalization was the status quo in 1949,” she wrote. “Kids with disabilities were considered a hardship, economically and socially.” When Judy attempted to enter kindergarten, the principal blocked her family from entering the school, labeling her a “fire hazard.” However, her parents, particularly her mother, fought back and demanded that Judy have access to a classroom. Judy eventually was able to attend a special school, high school, Long Island University (from which she earned a B.A. in 1969), and the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Master’s in Public Health six years later.
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> In the 1960s, Heumann attended Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities in the Catskills, and she later returned there as a counselor in the 1970s. Several of the leaders of the disability rights movement also were at Camp Jened, which was the focus of the documentary Crip Camp.
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> During the same decade, the New York Board of Education refused to give Judy a teaching license because they feared she could not help evacuate students or herself in case of fire. She sued and went on to become the first teacher in the state to use a wheelchair. Continuing her fight for civil rights, Judy helped lead a protest that shut down traffic in Manhattan against Richard Nixon’s veto of the 1972 Rehabilitation Act, and she launched a 26-day sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco to get Section 504 of the revived Rehabilitation Act enforced.
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> Judy was instrumental in developing and implementing national disability rights legislation, including Section 504, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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> In addition, Judy helped found the Berkley Center for Independent Living, the Independent Living Movement, and the World Institute on Disability. She also served on the boards of the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Humanity and Inclusion, Human Rights Watch, the United States International Council on Disability, Save the Children, and several others.
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> In 1993, Judy moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services in the Clinton Administration, a role she filled until 2001. From 2002-2006, she served as the first Advisor on Disability and Development at the World Bank. From 2010-2017, during the Obama Administration, she worked as the first Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. State Department. She also was appointed as Washington, D.C.’s first Director for the Department on Disability Services.
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> “Some people say that what I did changed the world,” she wrote, “But really, I simply refused to accept what I was told about who I could be. And I was willing to make a fuss about it.”
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> In addition to her advocacy work and busy professional life, Judy loved to attend musicals and movies, travel the world, make new friends, and hang out with old ones, many of whom were introduced to each other at dinners that she convened. Judy learned Hebrew as a child, became Bat Mitzvahed as an adult, and was a long-time member of the Adas Israel congregation.
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> Judy is survived by her loving husband, Jorge Pineda, her brother, Ricky, wife Julie and her brother Joseph and wife Mary, her niece Kristin, grand nephew Orion and many other members of both the Heumann and Pineda families. She had many close friends that will miss her dearly.
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> Access This: Crip Camp
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> Judy was a guest on our DCPL Podcast channel "Access This" in 2021, talking about the Oscar-nominated documentary film Crip Camp in which she is featured,with co-creator Jim LeBrecht.
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> Listen to the podcast <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RjcGxwb2RjYXN0LnNpbXBsZWNhc3QuY29tL2VwaXNvZGVzL2FjY2Vzcy10aGlzLWNyaXAtY2FtcCJ9.2KmAZwcae8GoZRI1dFFtIIv3XYYQ-QjfGuWdfmklzCk/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l> or read the full transcript <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RjcGxwb2RjYXN0LnNpbXBsZWNhc3QuY29tL2VwaXNvZGVzL2FjY2Vzcy10aGlzLWNyaXAtY2FtcC90cmFuc2NyaXB0In0.OqKAkKXeaX5p3ygvfPNn7hRZAItJMfws0RbqUALi2XY/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l>.
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> Rolling Warrior Author Talk
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> Judy also joined Jenny from the Center for a virtual discussion of her youth memoir Rolling Warrior in August 2021 in partnership with the Cleveland Park Library. You can watch their conversation here <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vZGNsaWJyYXJ5L3ZpZGVvcy9qdWR5LWhldW1hbm4tcm9sbGluZy13YXJyaW9yLzgwNjkzOTA1OTk3Njc3Ni8ifQ.Y6UdxmO7UtgQAf53XGGNPTS_snF_-y8nDvwqZ9_IlpM/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l> (ASL Interpretation and captions are included).
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> Read more about Judy's life with the DCPL collection, in her memoirs for adults and youth co-authored by Kristen Joiner:
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> Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NhdGFsb2cuZGNsaWJyYXJ5Lm9yZy9jbGllbnQvZW5fVVMvZGNwbC9zZWFyY2gvcmVzdWx0cz9xdT1iZWluZytoZXVtYW5uJnFmPUFVVEhPUiUwOUF1dGhvciUwOUhldW1hbm4lMkMrSnVkaXRoJTA5SGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGgrJTdDJTdDK0hldW1hbm4lMkMrSnVkaXRoK0UuJTA5SGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGgrRS4mcWY9UFVCREFURSUwOVB1YitEYXRlJTA5MjAyMCUwOTIwMjAifQ.9Ds_qGwe8r7xNmWAbGLYk5DHz-h_7VMjNvIVb5S70mQ/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l>
> Available in Standard print, Large Print, Audiobook eBook, and eAudio
> Available as a Talking Book for NLS Patrons: DB 100399
> Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution <https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NhdGFsb2cuZGNsaWJyYXJ5Lm9yZy9jbGllbnQvZW5fVVMvZGNwbC9zZWFyY2gvcmVzdWx0cz9xdT1yb2xsaW5nK3dhcnJpb3ImcWY9QVVUSE9SJTA5QXV0aG9yJTA5SGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGglMDlIZXVtYW5uJTJDK0p1ZGl0aCslN0MlN0MrSGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGgrRS4lMDlIZXVtYW5uJTJDK0p1ZGl0aCtFLiJ9.vT6WRaLN5OMKDFzwsEjvM_m6miN6rAnch-fJ53HTIK8/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l>
> Available in Standard print, Large Print, Audiobook eBook, and eAudio
> Available as a Talking Book for NLS Patrons: DB 105457
> The Center for Accessibility
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