Judy Heumann, a renowned Disability Rights Advocate, has died at age 75 after a long career fighting for the rights of disabled people. She helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people and was a leader in a historic, nonviolent occupation of a San Francisco federal building in 1977 that set the stage for passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Heumann was also featured in the 2020 documentary film, "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution," which highlighted Camp Jened, a summer camp Heumann attended that helped spark the disability rights movement. Heumann's death marks the end of an era in the disability rights movement.

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