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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 family - they all run on the messy, can’t-do-it-alone collective.
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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.
Now a feature film
Directed by Oscar winner Siân Heder (CODA) and starring BAFTA nominee Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo.
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