Judith Heumann
Judith Heumann · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Leading disability-rights activist whose sit-ins secured Section 504 regulations and shaped the Americans with Disabilities Act and UN disability rights.
1947, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — 2023, Washington, D.C., USA
New York; Berkeley, California; Washington, D.C.
Judith Heumann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Leading disability-rights activist whose sit-ins secured Section 504 regulations and shaped the Americans with Disabilities Act and UN disability rights.
Judith Heumann was a Jewish American disability-rights activist, the daughter of German Jewish refugees, who became a leading figure of the global movement. Her 1977 sit-ins helped force the U.S. government to issue the Section 504 regulations, and her advocacy shaped the Americans with Disabilities Act and UN disability rights. She is often called 'the mother of the disability rights movement'.
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Leading disability-rights activist whose sit-ins secured Section 504 regulations and shaped the Americans with Disabilities Act and UN disability rights.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Heumann
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