Infographic: Important ADA Activists: Judith Heumann

Infographic titled 'Important ADA Activists: Judith Heumann' Disability rights leader. Founder of Disabled in Action (1970). Led a sit-in to pass the regulations to implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Quote: 'Disability only becomes a tragedy for me when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives-job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example. It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair.' Quote source: Joseph S. P. Shapiro, No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement, page 20, (New York: Times Books, 1993). If you have questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act, contact us at 1-800-949-4232.

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