Rolling Warrior av Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

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<b>As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary <i>Crip Camp</i>, and for readers of <i>I Am Malala</i>, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.</b><br><br><i>“If I didn’t fight, who would?”</i><br><br>Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust-surviving parents in New York City, Judy had a drive for equality that was instilled early in life.<br><br>In this young readers’ edition of her acclaimed memoir, <i>Being Heumann</i>, Judy shares her journey of battling for equal access in an unequal world—from fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” because of her wheelchair, to suing the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her disability. Judy went on to lead 150 disabled people in the longest sit-in protest in U