
“Some people say that what I did changed the world,” Judith Heumann wrote, “But really, I simply refused to accept what I was told about who I could be. And I was willing to make a fuss about it.” Judith Heumann died on March 4, 2023. The disability rights activist was 75. A wheelchair user after contracting polio as a two year-old, Heumann’s life of resisting the status quo was inevitable. When...