"Just talking to you changes myself conception a bit, right? Because I didn't start this conversation thinking that there would be a community that I could include myself in," he says. "It's something that it's a part of myself that I can honor and, you know, bring to bear in these conversations as I think about it." He adds: "I had polio where I'm a quadriplegic. Many other people had polio where they were able to walk and do most things by themselves"
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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