Judith Heumann: The Gun at a Knife Fight - Disability Advocate Power

Judith Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the disability community and a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people. She has been appointed Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State. She previously served as the Director for the Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia, where she was responsible for the Developmental Disability Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

For more than 30 years, Heumann has been involved on the international front working with disabled people’s organizations and governments around the world to advance the human rights of disabled people. 

Hueumann who developed polio when she was 18 months old has used a wheelchair for most of her life. Today she discusses how all citizens can work together to create a more inclusive global society and create a new normal.

Strap in and get ready. This is going to be a bumpy ride.

John Register, Paralympic Silver Medalist | Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and International Speaker | Author | American Long Jump Record Holder | Gulf War Veteran | Disability Rights Advocate | Amputee | and Home-made Waffle Lover.  Showing businesses, military leaders and college student athletes, how to hurdle adversity and create life’s new normal. Click HERE to book John to speak for your organization.