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I write and speak about how we get through this life together—and what becomes possible when we make room for one another. We need each other.


A democracy, a movement,
a family - they all run on the messy, can’t-do-it-alone collective.

Writer · Speaker · Founder · Producer 

CO-AUTHOR · BEING HEUMANN

Judy argued that disability is the civil rights issue most Americans have never recognized - and her activism helped pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. The story of a woman who refused to be left out of the world, and insisted on remaking it - so no one else would be.  

[Co-authored with Judy Heumann] A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction · praised by Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, Tony winner Ali Stroker 

"Heumann's personality shines throughout. Her voice is witty, persistent, and at times irreverent as she immerses readers in her story." — Library Journal



Being Heumann - The memoir of Judy Heumann, mother of the disability rights movement.

Being Heumann by Judy Heumann book cover

Now a feature film

Directed by Oscar winner Siân Heder (CODA) and starring BAFTA nominee Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo.

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BEING HEUMANN - World Premiere Opening Night of the Toronto International Film Festival

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“ We’re taught to camouflage the complicated parts of our lives, but that’s where our strength is.”