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No one who knew the names Ed Roberts, Judy Heumann or Justin Dart and the history of all they accomplished for people with disabilities would ever doubt the meaning and importance of self-advocacy by and for us, instead of on our behalf.
Seth Mnookin: Autism Roundtable: Cross-Disability Solidarity, Goals for the Future, and What it Means to "Fit in" Seth Mnookin 2012
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It may sound odd in principle, but Dave Heumann's band have made it hugely successful in practice.
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Once, when I was visiting Houston Grand Opera, I got into a discussion with Scott Heumann about what it was like to sit through auditions for three days in a row.
George Heymont: The Successful Monologist: Nature Versus Nurture? George Heymont 2011
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No one who knew the names Ed Roberts, Judy Heumann or Justin Dart and the history of all they accomplished for people with disabilities would ever doubt the meaning and importance of self-advocacy by and for us, instead of on our behalf.
Seth Mnookin: Autism Roundtable: Cross-Disability Solidarity, Goals for the Future, and What it Means to "Fit in" Seth Mnookin 2012
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Once, when I was visiting Houston Grand Opera, I got into a discussion with Scott Heumann about what it was like to sit through auditions for three days in a row.
George Heymont: The Successful Monologist: Nature Versus Nurture? George Heymont 2011
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Heumann, who is a wheelchair user due to polio, explained the importance of independent living for people with disabilities: I think one of the biggest problems that disabled people address is how they see themselves and how others see them -- see us.
Washington Post spotlights independent living BA Haller 2008
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The government official behind this move to independent living is Judith Heumann, a longtime disability rights activist who served as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education during the Clinton Administration and is now director of the D.C. Department on Disability Services.
Washington Post spotlights independent living BA Haller 2008
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Follow Suzie Heumann on Twitter: www. twitter.com/SuzieHeumann
Suzie Heumann: Add Intensity To Life: Pay Attention (VIDEO) 2009
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Robin Murray and Joseph Heumann argue that Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth mainly succeeds not because of its predictions but because of the eco-memories it evokes.
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In New York City, Heumann and eighty comrades held a sit-in on Madison Avenue, bringing traffic to a standstill Ingram, 1981.
504 Sit-in Anniversary Kay Olson 2007
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