Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights ActivistOne of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasnt built for all of us and of one womans activismfrom the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of WashingtonBeing Heumann recounts Judy Heumanns lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion

whom she secretly loves

When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London

Both of them are coming to get rich

family foibles

dark collusions with Watergate felon Howard Hunt

accessible poet

Like a cowboy

and exploitation arise like weeds from the soil

Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within

and ALL HERO

As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds

Todd reminds readers that it’s okay not to know all the answers