Figure 6 Judy Heumann in a blue blouse with purple and blue flowers. Lighted background
“Disabled” vs “Disability”: Which Term to Use When Referring to People with Disabilities https://udservices.org/which-term-use-people-with-disabilities/
JUDY HEUMANN | DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE Judith (Judy) Heumann is a lifelong advocate for the rights of disabled people. She contracted polio in 1949 in Brooklyn, New York and began to use a wheelchair for her mobility. She was denied the right to attend school because she was considered a “fire hazard” at the age of five. Her parents played a strong role in fighting for her rights as a child, but Judy soon determined that she, working in collaboration with other disabled people, had to play an advocacy role due to continuous discrimination. To learn more, click here. Additional resources: • The Life and Legacy of “The Mother” of the Disability Rights Movement https://judithheumann.com/project/about/ •
Judy Heumann: ‘Crip Camp’ didn’t win Oscar, but it’s still a win for people with disabilities - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/04/23/why-oscarnominated-crip-camp-victory-disability-rights-column/7333682002/
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO CHANGED THE WORLD Disabled people are often overlooked for their accomplishments. Even if you did learn about some of these people in school or elsewhere, you may not have known they were members of the disability community. Fannie Lou Hamer, Stephen Hawking, Thomas Edison, Sojourner Truth, and many more. Figure 7 blue and white images of different disabilities with Native American concept
NATIVE AMERICAN CONCEPTS OF DISABILITY “Everything in Nature goes in curves and circles.” Native American culture has a very different concept of reality than dominant western culture as the Iroquois Elder explained in the above quote. Native Americans as a culture are comfortable with the idea that reality is inherently chaotic and believe that true health comes from “finding balance in chaos…truth is not a fixed point, but rather an ever evolving point of balance, perpetually created and perpetually new.”[2] These beliefs are sometimes phrased
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