I think really I came to that work out of necessity. There was no like flash of light that said my destiny is to do advocacy work and disability. And I had polio in 1949. My parents, I learned were suggested to them by a doctor that they put me in an institution because their life would be better if I was not a burden on them.
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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