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Judy Heumann is one of the nation's leading voices on disabled access issues. As a lifelong advocate of disability rights, Judy played a central role in leading and advocating organizations and in the Implementation of…

In 1970 Judith "Judy" Heumann became the first woman in a wheelchair to teach a public school in New York City. Seven years later, she led a 28-day sit-in that led to the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - the first…