When she was in high school, Judy decided that she wanted to be a teacher. Her friends told her they wouldn't support her if she went through with it. She took education classes as a minor and passed all three tests for the teaching license. "I don't know anybody else who is a teacher who got their license using a wheelchair," she says.
In honor of the passing of the Judith Heumann, we’re re-airing Adam’s 2019 interview with the trailblazing disability rights activist and hero, Judith Heumann. Pick up a copy of Judith’s memoir, Being Heumann, at http://factuallypod.com/books
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