Judith Heumann
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Childhood and family in New York; onset of polio; use of civil rights model in disability activism; establishment of the Disabled Students Program at Long Island University, 1968-69; denial of teacher certification and lawsuit; teaching at Public School 219; formation of Disabled in Action, 1970; Willowbrook State School for the Mentally Retarded; disrupting Julie Nixon Eisenhower's sppech, 1973; interactions with the Center for Independent Living; aide to Senator Harrison Williams, 1974-1975; suing National Airlines, 1974; deputy director of Center for Independent Living; 1975-82; White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, 1977; reflections on Center for Independent Living staff; establishing the World Institute on Disability, 1983; Assistant Secretary to the Department of Education, 1993-2001. |
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Judith Heumann |
Creator |
interviewee. Heumann, Judith E., 1947- interviewer. Brown, Susan T., interviewer. Landes, David L. 1941-2008, (David Lamont), interviewer. Young, Jonathan, |
Creator |
issuing body. Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office, |
Published |
Berkeley, California, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, 1998-2001. |
Full Collection Name |
California Audiovisual Preservation Project |
Other Identifiers |
cabeuroh_000270 |
Subject (Person) |
Heumann, Judith E., 1947-Interviews. |
Subject (Corporate) |
Disabled in Action. Center for Independent Living. World Institute on Disability. |
Subject (Topic) |
Women with disabilities United States--Interviews. Poliomyelitis Patients--Interviews. People with disabilities Services for--United States. People with disabilities Civil rights--United States. People with disabilities Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. |
Subject (Meeting Name) |
White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals Washington, D.C.) (1977 : |
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Audio |
Format |
Oral histories. |
Archive |
The Library |
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California AV Project |
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