JUST IN: Judy Heumann, renowned disability rights activist, dies at 75
Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, has been called the "mother of the disability rights movement".Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75.
She lobbied for legislation that eventually led to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act. She served as the assistant secretary of the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, beginning in 1993 in the Clinton administration, until 2001.
Heumann, who was born in Philadelphia in 1947 in Philadelphia and raised in New York City, was the co-author of her memoir, "Being Heumann," and a version for young adults titled, "Rolling Warrior."
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