Permobil Foundation honors Judy Heumann
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:39 AM CDT, Tue October 11, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Permobil Foundation has named Judy Heumann, the “mother of disability rights,” as the recipient of its Hero Award. “For more than 30 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,” said Ashley Davis, executive director of the Permobil Foundation. “The impact she has had, and the lives she has improved, make her a true hero in our eyes!” The foundation honored Heumann, who published a memoir last year titled “Being Heumann” and who was in the award-winning movie “Crip Camp,” in front of more than 250 Permobil employees, sponsors and wheelchair users at the 4th annual Roll the Dice fundraising and awareness event on Oct. 6. The foundation has given out the Hero Award every year since its launch in 2017. The recipient is nominated and voted on by the foundation’s board of directors. This year’s Roll the Dice event, sponsored by U.S. Rehab, Permobil, National Seating & Mobility and others, raised more than $101,000.
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