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Our fight for disability rights and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann | TEDxMidAtlantic
They said she couldn't go to school. Then she changed the law. The fight isn't over.
Who it's for
Hearing someone who was refused school and a teaching licence describe fighting back and winning validates anger at unfair treatment and shows it can be channelled into action.
Feelings it meets
What it is
In this TEDxMidAtlantic talk, disability-rights activist Judith Heumann looks back on her life in advocacy, including her leading role in the Section 504 sit-in of 1977, when activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco for nearly a month to demand that accessibility regulations be signed. She argues that much of the work toward equality for disabled people is still unfinished.
Where to find it
YouTube, TEDx Talks channel (free); also listed on TED.com.
Before you start
Heads up: Disability discrimination.
Age: Ages 12+
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question:W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
