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Judy (Judy) Heumann is a disability rights activist. She was born on December 18, 1947. After she contracted Polio in 1949 she has had to use a wheelchair. Her parents had to fight for Judy's rights.  Judy was determined to fight her and other disabled people's rights. She is now known as an activist and leader in the disability rights community.

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Judith Heumann is a big activist in the disability rights community. She has co-founded the World Institute on Disability. Which is a non-profit organization that works to integrate people with disabilities into the community. Judy has also served as the first Special Advisor for International Disability Rights from 2010-2017. Judy Heumann is a huge part of the disabilities rights moment. See the source below to learn more about her.

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The 504 sit-in was a disability rights protest that began on April 5, 1977. People were protesting in order to push the delayed 504 regulations that were part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. People planned a protest to march to government buildings. Those people picketed at regional government offices all across the US. Most of the protests ended that day, but the one in San Francisco didn't.

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Even after most of the protests ended. In San Francisco, they had only begun. About 150 protesters in San Francisco took over the fourth floor of for 26 days. The protesters refused to leave until the Carter Administration would implement the Rehabilitation Law of 1973.

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Here's a visualization of the protests.

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Judith E. Heumann (Judy Heumann), (born 1947), is an American disability rights activist. An internationally recognized leader in the disability community, Heumann is a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people. Her work with governments and non governmental organizations (NGOs) has produced significant contributions since the 1970s to the development of human rights legislation and policies benefiting children and adults with disabilities, and to the international development of the independent living movement.

Heumann's commitment to disability rights stems from her personal experiences. She had polio at the age of 18 months, and has used a wheelchair most of her life. Heumann had to fight repeatedly to be included in the educational system. The local public school refused to allow her to attend, calling her a fire hazard. Heumann's mother, a community activist in her own right, challenged the decision, and Judy was allowed to go to school in the fourth grade. Judy Heumann began taking major steps toward rights for people with disabilities in college, organizing rallies and protests with other students with disabilities. When she got out of school and was denied her New York teaching license because the board did not believe she could get herself or her students out of the building in case of a fire, she took the case to court. After the judge recommended that New York City's Board of Education rethink its decision, Heumann became the first person in a wheelchair to teach in New York City and taught elementary school there for three years.

In 1970, Heumann and several friends with disabilities founded Disabled in Action, an organization that focused on securing the protection of people with disabilities under civil rights laws. While serving as a legislative assistant to the chairperson of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, in 1974 she helped develop legislation that became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. An early leader in the Independent Living Movement, she then moved to Berkeley where she served as deputy director of the Center for Independent Living. She also organized the sit-ins at the U.S. Department of Health Education, and Welfare offices in San Francisco and around the U.S. which resulted in HEW Secretary Joseph Califano signing the Rehabilitation Act's Section 504 regulations. She co-founded the World Institute on Disability with Ed Roberts and Joan Leon in 1983, serving as co-director until 1993.

Heumann served in the Clinton Administration as Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services at the US Department of Education from 1993 to 2001. From 2002 to 2006 she served as the World Bank Group's first Advisor on Disability and Development, leading the World Bank's work on disability and worked to expand the Bank's knowledge and capability to work with governments and civil society on including disability in the Bank discussions with client countries, its country-based analytical work, and support for improving policies, programs, and projects that allow disabled people around the world to live and work in the economic and social mainstream of their communities.[8] She was Lead Consultant to the Global Partnership for Disability and Development. Until recently she was the Director of the Department of Disability Services for the District of Columbia, but in 2010 became the Special Advisor on Disability Rights for the US State Deparment under President Obama

Heumann graduated from Long Island University in 1969 and gained a Master of Science degree in public health at the University of California, Berkeley in 1975. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by Long Island University in Brooklyn, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Toledo. She was the first recipient of the Henry B. Betts Award from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (later awarded jointly with the American Association of People with Disabilities). Heumann is married to Jorge Pineda, and lives in Washington, D.C.

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Judith E. Heumann (Judy Heumann), (born 1947), is an American disability rights activist. An internationally recognized leader in the disability community, Heumann is a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people.

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The World Institute on Disability (or WID) is one of the first global organizations that advance the rights and opportunities for people with disabilities. WID was founded by Judith Heumann, Ed Roberts, and Joan Leon. Who were all disability rights activists.

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WID, The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, and ONG Inclusive are excited to announce that the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration is now ready for you to join us!

Upcoming: September Disability + Disaster Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, September 17
Link to more information on the upcoming town hall
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More recent projects and statements:

About WID

The World Institute on Disability (WID) was established in 1983 as one of the first global disability rights organizations founded and continually led by people with disabilities. WID works to advance the rights and opportunities of over 1 billion people with disabilities worldwide, bringing research and policy into action and operationalizing inclusion.

Our work centers around Digital Tools for Optimizing Community Living and Employment; Accessibility Solutions; and Excellence in Disability Inclusive Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Climate Resilience. WID is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service.

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Featured WID, The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, and ONG Inclusive are excited to announce that the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration is now ready for you to join us! Upcoming: September Disability + Disaster Town Hall Meeting Thursday, September 17 Link to more information on the upcoming town hall Click the linked image...

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Our fight for disability rights and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann | TEDxMidAtlantic

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was created to prohibit discrimination based on disability. in all areas of life. It became a civil rights law in 1990.

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Book

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Book

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Here is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 book. It is law material. Although, the link below is only a 36 page preview of the actual book.

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Describes the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including how people with disabilities and their supporters fought over the decades to win civil rights and how the piece of legislation became a law.

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Describes the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including how people with disabilities and their supporters fought over the decades to win civil rights and how the piece of legislation became a law.

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In 2004, Chicago held the first disability pride parade. Hundreds of people and organizations attended (estimated 650 people). Several cities now hold disability pride parades yearly.

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Providing information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes that will lead to increased independence, productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion (IPSII) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

Chicago To Host First International Disability Pride Parade
By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express
July 15, 2004

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS--Chicago is hosting the first annual International Disability Pride Parade this Sunday, July 18.

According to organizers, hundreds of organizations and individuals with disabilities are expected to turn out for the parade and post-parade rally.

The parade's Grand Marshal will be disability rights advocate Yoshiko Dart, widow of Justin Dart, who played a principal role in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The rally is expected to feature presentations by human rights activists, including Judy Heumann, co-founder of the World Institute on Disability and former Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education.

The Disability Pride Parade is Chicago's key event celebrating Disability Pride Month, leading up to the 14th anniversary of the ADA on July 26.

Over a hundred individuals and groups are sponsoring the event.
Related:
Disability Pride Parade
http://www.disabledandproud.com/parade.htm
"Pride Is Power" by Sarah Triano
http://www.disabledandproud.com/power.htm
Disability Pride Calendar
http://my.calendars.net/dispridemonthcal
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Chicago To Host First International Disability Pride Parade (July 15, 2004)

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Providing information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes that will lead to increased independence, productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion (IPSII) for people with developmental disabilities and their families. Chicago To Host First International Disability Pride Parade By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily ExpressJuly 15, 2004 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS--Chicago is hosting the first annual International Disability Pride Parade this Sunday, July 18.

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The Willowbrook State School was an institution for people with mental disabilities. It was founded in 1940, and was designed to hold 4,000 people. By 1965, it's population had surpassed 6,000.

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Geraldo Rivera made a documentary on Willowbrook State School and depicted the conditions at Willowbrook. Which were horrendous. The issues of Willowbrook were as following: Overcrowding, medical experiments, mean and unfair staff that emotionally, physically, and sexually abused children, the children were left to roam, and so much more. People that went there said that "it smelled like death". The documentary that Rivera made the public aware of all of the issues.

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Parents of the residents living at Willowbrook filed a class-action lawsuit against Willowbrook saying that they violated the constitutional rights of the people that lived there.

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The most significant part of my timeline was the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This was the most significant part because people with disabilities finally got law protection from discrimination. Which was something that the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 didn't cover. The ADA was also a turning point for the disability rights movement, because the government was finally listening to those with disabilities. They were finally listening to the decades of protest. That is why the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is the most significant part of my timeline.

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Wade Blank was a leader in the disability rights movement. He was born in 1940 and died in 1993 when trying to save his son from an undertow. Blank is a co-founder of the organization ADAPT. ADAPT is an organization  that organizes activists to engage in non-violent direct action. People that remember Wade Blank remember him as helpful, funny, and caring. He will live in our hearts forever.

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Wade Blank, 52, who led a national rights movement on behalf of disabled people. Blank, head of the Denver-based Atlantis American Disabled Attendant Programs Today, lobbied to make buses, street corners and other public places accessible to the disabled and worked to allow them to live independently instead of in nursing homes. A Presbyterian minister, Blank was not disabled himself but was inspired to help the disabled after working in a nursing home in the mid-1970s. He was the subject of a TV movie, "When You Remember Me." He drowned Monday off Baja California while unsuccessfully trying to save his son, who also drowned.

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Wade Blank; Minister Championed Rights of Disabled

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Wade Blank, 52, who led a national rights movement on behalf of disabled people. Blank, head of the Denver-based Atlantis American Disabled Attendant Programs Today, lobbied to make buses, street corners and other public places accessible to the disabled and worked to allow them to live independently instead of in nursing homes.