A review by sleuthheroalien
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

 If you don’t know much about the disability rights movement from the 60’s - the 90’s, then this is a great place to start. Judith Heumann was a leader of the movement. She had polio as a child and was paralyzed. At that time children who used wheel chairs weren’t allowed to receive an education in public schools. Her fight for her rights started with getting an education, then suing the state of NY to be licensed as a teacher. She moved on to leading sit-ins at federal buildings in San Francisco and Washington DC. She worked all her life fighting for disability rights. Throughout her memoir she offers lessons in how to think about activism and what to do when fighting for your civil rights. Highly recommend!