When President Ford left, he had not signed the regulations. A final set of regs had come out, but he refused to sign them. When Carter was elected, and Secretary Joseph Califano was appointed, he didn't know what the regulations were. And so, an organization had been created in 1975 called the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. In about February of 1977, we made a decision.
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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