In the lead up to International Day of Disabled Persons and as part of UK Disability History Month, UCL is hosting a 'fireside chat' with legendary disability rights activist, Judy Heumann, about her book ‘Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist’. Chaired by Pro-Provost (Equity & Inclusion) Professor Sasha Roseneil, Judy will also be joined by Dr Sarabajaya Kumar, UCL lecturer, 2021 UCL's Sir Stephen Wall Inclusion Award winner (Inspiring Role Model) and a disabled equality activist in her own right. This will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

In addition to Judy’s world-renowned work as a disability rights leader, she is also the creator of the podcast The Heumann Perspective, a subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp and served under both the Obama and Clinton administrations.

About 'Creating Equalities'

The Creating Equalities events’ series is hosted by UCL’s Pro-Provost (Equity & Inclusion). The series will offer the occasion for formidable guest speakers to nourish UCL’s community with new ideas and thoughts about how to embed equalities in their lives and in the university, through role-modelling, advocacy, and learning from differences.

About the guest speaker

Judith Heumann International Disability Rights activist. Author (with Kristen Joiner), Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist. Featured in Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, a 2020 American award winning documentary film, directed by James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, produced by the Obama Higher Ground Production. Senior Fellow, at the Ford Foundation (2017-2019), wrote “Road Map for Inclusion: Changing the Face of Disability in Media”. Served in the Obama and Clinton Administrations.

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Accessibility

This event will have BSL and ASL interpreters as well as live-captioning. A subtitled recording will be made available soon after the event has taken place. Please contact equalities@ucl.ac.uk if you have any other access requirements.

Creating Equalities: Heumann and Disability Rights