Disability Movement

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• SOURCE: Past/Present Podcast
  3/14/2023
  

  Judy Heumann and the Disability Rights Movement

  Three historians discuss the legacy of the disability rights activist. 

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  3/5/2023
  

  Judy Heumann, "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement"

  Heumann translated her own battle for inclusion into a movement to advance the rights and standing of people with disabilities in the United States through protest and legislation. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/11/2022
  

  Leonard Kriegel, 89: Writings Catalyzed Discussion of Disability

  Kriegel's writings about his experiences after contracting polio stripped away sentimentality and pity from the literary stereotype of the disabled in favor of a full and often conflicted picture of his own humanity as a disabled person. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  4/21/2022
  

  Visible Activism Key to Protecting Trans People From Discriminatory Laws

  by Shay Ryan Olmstead

  The legal strategies that LGBT groups have used to defend their rights and dignity in society may be less effective with hard-right judges on the bench. Direct action and activism outside the courts will be needed to make sure that the right doesn't use the law to target trans people for political gain.