Judith Heumann, defined as the «mother» of the disability rights movement, was an inescapable point of reference in the process of the emancipation and self-determination of people with disabilities from the 1960s until her death in March 2023. A life, that of Judy Heumann, spent in political and social commitment. Whether it was the protests at the University of Berkeley with Ed Roberts and the Rolling Quads for the opening of the first Centre for Independent Living, the experience at Camp Jened, the organization and implementation in San Francisco of the famous 504 sit-in or of the institutional roles in the administrations of US presidents Clinton and Obama, Judy Heumann never held back, indeed, she was always in the front row. She is also the one who clearly formulated the necessity that the intersectional perspective orient and inhabit any struggle undertaken by those who are marginalized and disabled by capitalist society, be it people with impairments, women, Afro-descendants, Hispanic people or those with other cultural backgrounds or those who feel they belong to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Judith Heumann, definita la madre del movimento dei diritti per i disabili, ha rappresentato, dagli Anni Sessanta del Novecento fino alla sua scomparsa nel marzo del 2023, un punto di riferimento ineludibile del processo di emancipazione e di autodeterminazione delle persone con disabilità. Una vita, quella di Judy Heumann, spesa nell’impegno politico e sociale. Si sia trattato delle contestazioni all’Università di Berkeley con Ed Roberts e i Rolling Quads per l’apertura del primo Centro per la vita indipendente, dell’esperienza a Camp Jened, dell’organizzazione e attuazione a San Francisco del celeberrimo sit-in 504 o degli incarichi istituzionali nelle amministrazioni dei presidenti degli Stati Uniti Clinton e Obama, Judy Heumann non si è mai tirata indietro, anzi, è sempre stata in prima fila. A lei si deve anche una formulazione lucida della necessità che debba essere la prospettiva intersezionale a orientare e ad abitare qualsiasi lotta intrapresa da chi è marginalizzato e disabilitato dalla società capitalista, sia essa/o una persona con impairment, una donna, una persona afrodiscendente, ispanica o di altra provenienza culturale o chi sente di appartenere alla comunità LGBTQIA+.
Bocci, F. (2023). Judy Heumann: pioniera della vita indipendente per una società inclusiva. L' INTEGRAZIONE SCOLASTICA E SOCIALE, 22(3), 107-121.
Judy Heumann: pioniera della vita indipendente per una società inclusiva
BOCCI Fabio
2023-01-01
Abstract
Judith Heumann, defined as the «mother» of the disability rights movement, was an inescapable point of reference in the process of the emancipation and self-determination of people with disabilities from the 1960s until her death in March 2023. A life, that of Judy Heumann, spent in political and social commitment. Whether it was the protests at the University of Berkeley with Ed Roberts and the Rolling Quads for the opening of the first Centre for Independent Living, the experience at Camp Jened, the organization and implementation in San Francisco of the famous 504 sit-in or of the institutional roles in the administrations of US presidents Clinton and Obama, Judy Heumann never held back, indeed, she was always in the front row. She is also the one who clearly formulated the necessity that the intersectional perspective orient and inhabit any struggle undertaken by those who are marginalized and disabled by capitalist society, be it people with impairments, women, Afro-descendants, Hispanic people or those with other cultural backgrounds or those who feel they belong to the LGBTQIA+ community.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.