Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disability rights leader, activist and author Judith “Judy” Heumann died on Saturday at age 75, her team confirmed on Saturday.

The doc is set to screen at the Eccles Theater, opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival on Thursday night. With a Netflix release imminent and backing from Obama & Co. the hope for filmmakers is ...

What is your research focused on? Erkulwater: My current work involves trying to understand why people of color seem to be missing in debates about disability rights. People of color, especially ...

Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website ...

Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website ...

SEDIBENG.- As we celebrate Black History Month every February, it is essential to acknowledge the contributions of Black disabled people to the disability movement. Despite facing the dual oppressions ...

‘Trailblazer’ fought for civil rights protections at a time when people with disabilities were treated like second-class citizens The savvy, wheelchair-using civil rights activist Judith Heumann, who ...

DENVER — A small museum tucked inside the offices of Atlantis Community Inc. is working to preserve and share the largely untold history of the disability rights movement in Denver nearly five decades ...