Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann

I once built a wheelchair access ramp. Thats my only contribution

Btw that chair shes on, has enough technology on board to take her to Mars

I fight vampires

WHAT DO YOU WANT!!?!

You’re shooting star🕊 thank you🙏

Yeah yeah everybody is oppressed but just go for equality pls

This can’t be done unironically please stop get away from me

When people will learn that its okay to be rejected for performance reasons, whether you can change your performance or not, people think everything is personal and discrimination when its just about being able to perform gosh! How the society became so much whinny childs that refuse to accept reality

Wow! awesome and inspirational message. THANK YOU

rights or privileges?🤔🤔

What a load of absolute horseshit. Disabled people have the exact same rights as me or anyone else. However, it’s a question of accessibility, but honestly.. Just live your life. You’ve been served on a silver platter.

You never have the right to demand something from someone else.

I don't know how some people in comments below can't understand that a person with physical disability hasn't got any cognitive problem, they're trapped in a body that doesn't work well and you should understand what this situation can bring to them in our world. Society have to develop an inclusive education which means that all students are attended and are welcomed by their schools, classmates, families or education system in age-appropriate, regular classes and are supported to learn, contribute and participate in all aspects of the life of the school. Like a "normal" student.
Eventually, people can be aware of the importance of values in education: TOLERANCE, UNDERSTANDING (EMPATHY), BE RESPECTFUL and so on. Thank Judith Heumann for sharing your opinion.

Gracias

The discrimination you've experienced I thoroughly understand and equally encountered unfair and prejudiced situations......
I used to be a high school teacher in Hong Kong before becoming a handicap and once I've become a handicap everyone's attitude changed in an instant incredulously no matter how successful you once we're. My former principal immediately asked me to resign as I couldn't move the left side of my body despite my language memory and cognitive skills being left intact. I've attended numerous interviews since then and even successfully passed the requirement of being a Native speaking English teacher, but being unemployed seems like an inevitable part of being a handicap. If anyone here is free, I'd appreciate it if you could drop by my newly launched channel and give me a like and subscribe to my channel to see how I deal with my daily life with one upper and lower limb plus half a brain. Thank you!

Such an awesome story! T^T

To the people in the comments, stating accessibility is a privilege, not a right, try this....how would u unlock your front door if the lock was a key, and all u had was a numbered keypad, with no parties that you are aware of , had the knowledge of what the code was, locksmiths couldn't crack it, and u couldn't crawl thru a window .....that is similar to non accessible stores, stairs with no ramp and ridiculous medical exams for jobs etc...

I know my comment may attract a lot of criticism but its what I think is fair; however I am willing to be persuaded to a different opinion when I see a logical alternative. I understand disability makes life super hard, including the lives of the family and caretakers but that does not make them entitled to automatic employment or tax benefits etc... I think what our world needs to find is, a way for disabled people to be competitive and productive to society. The woman here talks about equal rights and I couldnt agree more that she deserved an equal education but to demand a job in a field where others may be more fit doesnt seem fair because it may be a burden to the institution that is aimed at making a profit balancing supply and demand. It is heartbreaking but if I ran a company and the government forced me to hire a set quota of disabled workers that cant contribute and create slopes here and there just for that 1 person, I wouldnt be happy especially if the company is not doing well financially. Maybe disabled people can earn a living writing books or counseling or anything non-physical and independent. I donno its such a delicate issue and Im still learning but this is just my opinion. So please let me know your ideas and develop this view.

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Thank u sooo much for this 🙏🏻

Corporate America is still discriminating against peoples with disabilities and they use this simple question. " Do you have or have you had a disability" When I answer yes I get an email response stating that they went with another candidate, but when I re-apply to those same companies I get an email from the HR depts of those same companies stating that I should receive a call to further discuss employment opportunities. Now you tell me that they are not discriminating. I believe that they are and I believe is a load of horse crap that they are allowed to continue to weed out peoples with disabilities simply by asking that question. What are your thoughts about this. The fight needs to go straight to the heart of Corporate America and a strong message needs to be sent.

I love your talk, Judith! 😁❤️

im here because the school but this is beatiful pleas no discrimination

She's a legend. Read her book!

Great talk.

she was in over time

She's great

What an inspiring talk. My broken hip has led to using a walker. It is really true that anyone can become disabled at any time.

I hope she has a thoughtful and Individual inalienable human rights orientation. TED has largely been an Imperialist tool but many participants are more open minded.

Republicans Nixon and Bush solved these problems, democrats stood in the way every step of the way. Remember that (mostly democrat) TED viewers. Get your heads out of the sand and realized that history records dems as nearly ALWAYS wrong, yet they have the audacity to claim the victory nonetheless. SMH. Disgusting.

Thank you for your smile!!!

Thank you for your talk.

Why is EEOC the only place to take a disability discrimination lawsuit!!! I missed my 90 days right to sue, thanks to the person that was helping me, and now I can’t prove that I was fired discriminatorily!!! I didn’t receive my accommodations for my vision, made errors and got fired!!! I’m still suffering and devastated from this firing, since 2020, September

Descansa en paz Judith, tu lucha no será en vano. Es nuestra lucha por los derechos de las personas con discapacidad en todo el mundo.

I just learned about her passing today and I didn’t know her till now. Her speech has given me hope, even if it only lasts for a little while, and I hope I have enough courage and energy to continue living as a disabled person. Rest In Peace ❤

Fight ableism - everyday!

Thank you

Rest in Power Judy! We will fight on in your memory.

I watched Crip Camp during recovery from being hit by a car and learned about Judy for the first time. Judy is one of those people who just blows you away with her charisma and force. I was so sad to hear of her death. She is a truly incredibly lady.

A titan of a woman. She changed our world! She was buried today… Rest In Peace, dear lady. God bless you!

Amazing Talkkkk!!!!! <3

If you live in NJ, please write to your congressman or congresswoman to pass NJ A2854. The bill makes bullying disabled people accountable.

What a loss, but lets raise our voice for the next generation of disabled persons

So inspirational and educational for all people.

I would like to see boomers finally placed after the disabled. They had the most privellaged economy in human history. It's not our fault they had the option to go to college for the price of a mcchicken and chose to squander it all... housing for US first. Benefits for US first...

Thank goodness in today world this shouldn’t happen

After watching this video, I could feel how difficult it was for the disabled to get the job they wanted. Watching this video made me wonder what policies or laws the U.S. government can implement for people with disabilities. Also, this video is from six years ago, so I wondered what policy the U.S. government is implementing now, six years later.

Aug. 13 - 2024: If your library doesn't have the book by Judith Heumann "Being Heumann", please ask them to buy it. Published in the year 2020, this is wonderful book detailing her spirit and personal history and the 1977 "504 Sit-In" (Section 504) which was the start on providing adequate civil rights for disable people. BTW - Heumann is pronounced human.

I personally have epilepsy and just hearing you talk made me start crying. I didn't always have a disability but honestly, it's given me such a new perspective on life. I'm 22 now and developed it when I was 16. I've come to learn that people with disabilities really do have fewer opportunities in life, but hearing people like you speak gives me a lot of hope.

Being a person with a high functioning disability is terrible. I was always an introvert and used to be too anxious to talk to anyone I did not know.

I was labeled by family and hospitalized by rogue police officers without due process and lost my civil rights.

I obsess over my gun Rights because the legal system has been trying to control my life since I was a kid so I believe in the founding fathers beliefs against tyrants who seek to control my life. Judicial State sponsored terror is real.

Nobody likes that I care about my inalienable rights but I do and I refuse to allow some power tripping freak to control my life.

I will make it my mission in life to reduce their controls over me and others, so I speak out about the abuses that occurred towards me by our corrupt legal system.