Judy Heumann, American disability rights activist, dies at age 75

Heumann (right), a former State of California rehabilitation agency employee, and Ed Roberts, director of the California State Department of Rehabilitation, taking part in a news conference in 1982 in Washington to call attention to the outback in funds by the Reagan administration for their programme. Photo: AP

Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75.

News of her death on March 4 in Washington, DC was posted on her website and social media accounts and confirmed by her youngest brother, Rick Heumann.