Judith (Judy) Heumann has most recently been a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation. She formerly served as the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the US Department of State from 2010-2017. She is now building an online presence under The Heumann Perspective through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. This new project is intended to broaden and spur discussions on the intersectionality of disability rights.
For more than 40 years, Judy has been involved on the international front working with disabled people’s organizations and governments around the world to advance the human rights of disabled people. She is a frequent lecturer at universities and conferences and recently did a TED x talk in the US.