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Sto caricando le informazioni... Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activistdi Judith E. Heumann
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I had heard of the 504 sit-in and after watching Crip Camp on Netflix, I had to learn more about such a strong and influential activist. Judy Heumann's memoir is an invigorating history of the disability rights movement. Great read! nonfiction, memoir/history - social justice activism / disability civil rights (US 1950s onward) Terrific and inspiring, so relatable--that balance between not wanting to be a "burden" but also being able to participate--and increasingly important. This is a fast read and one I highly recommend, along with Haben's memoir. Judith Heumann was paralyzed with polio at 18 months of age in 1949, and is now internationally recognized as a civil rights leader. Heumann didn't start school until fourth grade. When she did, she shared her special education, nap-included classroom with teenagers who still couldn't read. As she grew into high school and at summer camp in the early 1960s, she became increasingly aware of how the lives of disabled people were excessively -- and unnecessarily -- circumscribed. Despite the odds, she went to university, engaged a legal battle to become a teacher that even the ACLU was hesitant to take, and transitioned to a lifetime of local, then national, then international disability activism, including leading teams at the World Bank and State Department. Being Heumann is an excellent memoir of political change in action. I'm a bit disappointed that it is so single-track, however; almost everything directly calls back to radicalization, activism, or progress. Perhaps this is the influence of co-author (not-so-ghostwriter?) Kristen Joiner, whose clear agenda is to change how people see the world. Regardless, despite having an extremely political lens on what it means to be human, Being Heumann is worth reading for its treatment of how recently American built spaces came to be accessible and the fight required. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy's struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a "fire hazard" to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis, Judy's actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people. As a young woman, Judy rolled her wheelchair through the doors of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Francisco as a leader of the Section 504 Sit-In, the longest takeover of a governmental building in US history. Working with a community of over 150 disabled activists and allies, Judy successfully pressured the Carter administration to implement protections for disabled peoples' rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann's memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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