Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website ...

Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website ...

When Judy Heumann—one of the main subjects of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp—was five years old in the early 1950s, her mother tried to register her for kindergarten in New York City. The ...

Judy Heumann was the first person I called when, in 1987, I reported my first story on disability rights. Judy, who contracted polio when she was 18 months old, gave me the quote that perfectly summed ...

STATE COLLEGE/CENTRE COUNTY, Pa — Penn State will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with a virtual event tomorrow afternoon, featuring a special guest speaker.

Judy Heumann, a former State of California rehabilitation agency employees takes part in a Washington news conference to call attention to the outback in funds by the Reagan administration for their ...

Heumann was instrumental in pushing to expand the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and continued to advocate for disability rights... Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it ...