Judith Heumann also broke barriers in the U.S. government. A captioned version of this video will be available next week. Herstory Lessons pays tribute to women whose accomplishments are hidden from ...

Heumann was instrumental in pushing to expand the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and continued to advocate for disability rights... Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it ...

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Heumann co-founded the World Institute on Disability with Ed Roberts and Joan Leon in 1983, serving as co-director until 1993. Assistant Secretary of the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Judith Heumann is a Board Member for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund with 15 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 Meeting as a ...

Ruth Madeley will play disability rights activist Judy Heumann in the Apple movie Being Heumann from CODA director Sian Heder. The BAFTA-nominated actress will play Heumann as she leads over a hundred ...

“I wanna see a feisty group of disabled people around the world…if you don’t respect yourself and if you don’t demand what you believe in for yourself, you’re not gonna get it.” – Judy Heumann Judy ...

BAFTA nominee Ruth Madeley will star as disability rights activist Judy Heumann in Academy Award winner Siân Heder’s upcoming feature “Being Heumann” for Apple Original Films. Based on Heumann’s ...

Today we are running a conversation between Amber Hikes, the ACLU’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and disability rights icon Judy Heumann on CVS v. Doe, a case that the Supreme Court ...

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The song pays tribute to Judy Heumann, special advisor for disability rights under Obama, and illustrates a music career that embraces her partial blindness as a superpower: "Hiding my disability is ...