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Fighting for yes!: the story of disability rights activist Judith Heumann /

In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy [Heumann] and other disability rights activists fought for YES! They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504--established thanks in large part to th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cocca-Leffler, Maryann, 1958- (Author)
Other Authors: Mildenberger, Vivien (Illustrator), Heumann, Judith E. (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022.
Subjects:
Heumann, Judith E. > Juvenile literature.
United States. > Rehabilitation Act of 1973 > Juvenile literature.
Heumann, Judith E.
Disabilities > Juvenile literature.
Women with disabilities > Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities > Juvenile literature.
Discrimination against people with disabilities > United States > Juvenile literature.
Human rights workers.
People with disabilities.
Women > Biography.
Picture books.
Biographies.

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