Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

"Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality early in life. From fighting to attend grade school, to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis and becoming the first wheelchair rider to receive a teacher's license, to leading the Section 504 sit-in, which led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judy has set precedents that improved rights for disab...