Who was Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann, and what is this comic about?

Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann (1947–2023) was verified through her official biography, National Women’s History Museum, and her official memorial statement. These sources confirm that she contracted polio as a young child, used a wheelchair, was excluded from school as a “fire hazard,” fought denial of a teaching license, helped lead the 1977 Section 504 sit-in, advanced disability-rights law and access, and died on March 4, 2023. Her worth is infrastructural: she helped force public life to make room for disabled people as a civil-rights obligation.

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Page 1 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - Judy Heumann is introduced as a child whose polio survival is followed by a school door that tries to exclude her.
Judy Heumann is introduced as a child whose polio survival is followed by a school door that tries to exclude her.
Page 2 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - Her family refuses institutional disappearance and insists on classrooms, streets, work, and public life.
Her family refuses institutional disappearance and insists on classrooms, streets, work, and public life.
Page 3 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - New York denies her a teaching license; she sues and forces entry into the profession.
New York denies her a teaching license; she sues and forces entry into the profession.
Page 4 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - Judy turns personal exclusion into collective organizing with Disabled in Action and street protest.
Judy turns personal exclusion into collective organizing with Disabled in Action and street protest.
Page 5 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - The 1977 Section 504 sit-in transforms a federal office into a sustained civil-rights demand.
The 1977 Section 504 sit-in transforms a federal office into a sustained civil-rights demand.
Page 6 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - Section 504 enforcement and later access law become ramps, buses, classrooms, interpreters, and global advocacy.
Section 504 enforcement and later access law become ramps, buses, classrooms, interpreters, and global advocacy.
Page 7 of Judith Ellen “Judy” Heumann: Judy Heumann: Sign 504 - Her death in 2023 leaves a living standard: every ramp is a promise, every locked door unfinished business.
Her death in 2023 leaves a living standard: every ramp is a promise, every locked door unfinished business.