Illustration of Judy sitting in her wheelchair wearing a purple embroidered top. She is wearing red glasses, red nail polish and dangling earrings. She is smiling. Behind her are blue leaves on either side of her and a red background

Judith (Judy) Heumann is an internationally recognized disability advocate. She served in the Clinton and Obama Administration and was a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation. Judy's story was also featured in the documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution," a 2020 American award winning documentary film produced by the Obama Higher Ground Production. She recently released her memoir "Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist," written with Kristen Joiner. Judy is now the producer of The Heumann Perspective, a podcast and YouTube channel that aims to share the beauty of the disability community.

An illlustration of Judy Heumann done for The Cut
Judy Heumann Interview with The Cut: How I Get it Done
Film art for Crip Camp featuring a scene from Camp Jened with two campers

 

Featured in Award winning Netflix Documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution directed by Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, produced by Higher Ground Productions.

 

 

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"Being Heumann" and "Rolling Warrior" are available in paperback, hardcover, large print, E-book and Audiobook!

Art for The Heumann Perspective with Judy Heumann. There is the logo for The Heumann Perspective which is a purple and gray picture of Judy surrounded by orange and purple concentric circle with text in the middle that reads "The Heumann Perspective." Next to the logo on the right are pictures from Judy's life as polaroid pictures such as Judy in several protests, Judy at Sundance Film Festival and a picture of Judy filming an episode of The Heumann Perspective with Rebecca Cokley.

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A wholesome picture of Judy and her husband Jorge. Judy is a white disabled women who uses a motorized wheelchair. Jorge is a Mexican disabled man who uses a wheelchair. Jorge is wearing a blue shrit and is holding Judy's hand.

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Judith (Judy) Heumann is a lifelong advocate for the rights of disabled people. She contracted polio in 1949 in Brooklyn, New York and began to use a wheelchair for her mobility. She was denied the right to attend school because she was considered a "fire hazard" at the age of five. Her parents played a strong role in fighting for her rights as a child, but Judy soon determined that she, working in collaboration with other disabled people, had to play an advocacy role due to continuous discrimination.

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