Reviews tagging 'War'

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann

3 reviews

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

An excellent account of Heumann's life and the disability rights movement in America from post-WWII to the 2010s. It did lack a little final polish, I caught several grammar mistakes and felt like the ending didn't have quite the wrap up it could have. Would definitely recommend to anyone thinking of reading it, please note it is more of a historical account than details of Heumann's day to day life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, Bullying, Misogyny, and Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism, War, Genocide, Police brutality, Confinement, Cancer, Cursing, and Death of parent

angreadseverything's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book has been on my tbr for years since I saw the documentary Crip Camp. Heumann did so much for the disability rights movement, and as someone who was born in a world where accessibility services are mostly commonplace, it's unfathomable to think of a world where people with disabilities had to fight for ordinary things like ramps in schools and government buildings, or even the right to be a teacher. RIP to one of the greatest activists of my life who made the world a better place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Sexual assault, War, and Antisemitism

Heumann was a disability right's activist so the entire book is about her life and her work where many people treated her differently/worse because of her disability (abelism)

Heumann's father had cancer, Heumann mentions how msny disabled people are sexually assaulted, Heumann's family is Jewish and her parents were German immigrants who left Germany around the time of the Holocaust (anti-Semitism, war)

maxthefish's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Mental illness, Cancer, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, and War