2 options
Being Heumann : an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist / Judith Heumann ; with Kristen Joiner.
Connect to full text Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heumann, Judith E., author.
- Joiner, Kristen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heumann, Judith E.
- Human rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Human rights workers.
- People with disabilities--United States--Biography.
- People with disabilities.
- United States.
- Teachers--United States--Biography.
- Teachers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Heumann co-founded the World Institute on Disability with Ed Roberts and Joan Leon in 1983, serving as co-director until 1993. Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services at the US Department of Education. served as the World Bank Group's first Advisor on Disability and Development. Director of the Department of Disability Services for the District of Columbia. Special Advisor on Disability Rights for the US State Department.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Heumann, Judith E.. Being Heumann
- ISBN:
- 9780807019382
- 0807019380
- Publisher Number:
- 99984244474
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.