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Camp Jened was a summer camp for disabled people in the state of New York that became a springboard for the disability rights movement and independent living movement in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many campers and counselors (known as "Jenedians") [ 2 ] became disability rights activists , such as Judith Heumann , [ 3 ] James LeBrecht , [ 4 ...
Judith Ellen "Judy" Heumann (/ ˈ h j uː m ə n /; [2] December 18, 1947 – March 4, 2023) was an American disability rights activist, known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement". [3] She was recognized internationally as a leader in the disability community. Heumann was a lifelong civil rights advocate for people with ...
Crip Camp starts in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in New York described as a "loose, free-spirited camp designed for teens with disabilities". [4] Starring Larry Allison, Judith Heumann, James LeBrecht, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and Stephen Hofmann, the film focuses on those campers who became activists in the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation.
Judy Heumann, the 'mother of the disability rights movement' who advocated through protest and legal action, has died. Judy Heumann, trailblazing disability rights activist, dies at 75 Skip to ...
Can a summer camp change the world? If you’re talking Camp Jened in upstate New York, a place that welcomed kids with disabilities for a generation, the answer is yes. “It was a utopia ...
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Disabled in Action was founded in 1970 by Judith E. Heumann and her friends Denise McQuade, Bobbi Linn, Frieda Tankas, Fred Francis, Pat Figueroa, possibly Larry Weissberger, Susan Marcus, Jimmy Lynch and Roni Stier (all of whom were disabled). Heumann had met some of the others at Camp Jened, a camp for children with disabilities.
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