Images from Camp Jened in Crip Camp, which debuted at Sundance in January 2020. (inset: Judy Heumann)
The disability rights activist also opens up about how the Oscar-nominated documentary captures the importance of Camp Jened in the 1970s.
Judy Heumann s disability rights work has spanned decades and helped to pave the way for the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act. But for some Netflix subscribers, their first introduction to the activist was as a 20-something camp counselor in the 1970s leading a discussion on an evening s dinner options of veal or lasagna. In James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham s
Crip Camp, Heumann is seen as one of the counselors at Camp Jened, a New York summer camp for teens with disabilities. Her tenure at Jened preceded her founding Disabled in Action and serving as special adviser on international disability rights for the U.S. State Department.