{"product_id":"being-heumann-the-unrepentant-memoir-of-a-disability-rights-activist","title":"Being Heumann The Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Judith Heumann | Kristen Joiner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49061395038361,"sku":null,"price":1450.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/9780753559291-us-300.jpg?v=1789993731","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/being-heumann-the-unrepentant-memoir-of-a-disability-rights-activist","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}