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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction

...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history.— Buzzfeed

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.

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—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.

Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began 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 lice

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      Publisher: Beacon Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807002803, 978-0807002803
      ISBN10: 0807002801
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction

      ...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history.— Buzzfeed

      One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.

      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—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.

      Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began 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 lice

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