{"product_id":"judith-heumann-being-heumann-2021-paperback","title":"Judith Heumann: Being Heumann [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e  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--\u003ci\u003eBeing Heumann\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003eParalyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality 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, to leading the section 504 sit-in that led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judy's actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people around the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandid, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heumann, Judith \u0026 Joiner, Kristen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47786376986963,"sku":"9780753559291","price":20.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/heumann-judith-joiner-kristen-judith-heumann-being-heumann-2021-paperback-9780753559291-57612591038803.jpg?v=1727118665","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/judith-heumann-being-heumann-2021-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}