Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has nominated Judith E. Heumann to lead the new Department of Disability Services. Heumann, who had polio when she was 18 months old, uses a wheelchair and has a personal assistant to aid her. (By Sarah L. Voisin -- The Washington Post) Judith E. Heumann, who has been nominated to lead Washington, D.C., schools' disability services, uses a wheelchair and has long been an advocate for those with disabilities. "I don't see disability as a tragedy," she said. "I look at it like, 'What do people need in order to be able to live their life like anybody else?' " The Washington Post
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