Thanks For Being Here - Mary's Homage to Judy Heumann

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 June 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Listener Mary Plisco watched a documentary about a summer camp from the 1970s and came away with a new hero — a woman she'd somehow never heard of, despite a career spent doing work this hero made possible. This one is a letter to Judy Heumann, the so-called mother of the disability rights movement, and a reminder that some of the most consequential people in history did their work quietly enough that you have to go looking for them. The documentary mentioned in this episode is Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. . https://cripcamp.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. Welcome to Thanks for being here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many
0:05.4	essential and beautiful ways we affect one another. Every Sunday, I'll read a submission from a listener
0:12.3	of Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Could be wedding vows or a bat mitzvah toast, a eulogy, or retirement speech.
0:18.9	We believe this is probably the loveliest way to tap into our better
0:22.8	selves and remember our highest values. We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one
0:29.1	person you love, maybe someone you miss and need to bring closer, someone you want to feel
0:34.4	your appreciation or admiration or both.
0:40.0	This is thanks for being here.
0:51.0	This week's thanks for being here comes from a listener named Mary Plisco.
0:53.7	She says, good afternoon.
0:56.1	My husband and I are on a documentary watching kick, and we just finished Crip Camp on Netflix, about a camp for youth with disabilities in the
1:03.1	1970s. It was fascinating, and we learned about my new favorite heroine, Judy Human. Oh my goodness, how had I never heard about this remarkably
1:14.2	brave, articulate, and compassionate woman who changed so many lives with her steadfast determination
1:20.2	to advocate for civil rights for people with disabilities. Sadly, we learned that she has died,
1:26.6	but I wondered if you could find some way to honor her
1:29.3	courageous work and let more people know about what a special woman she was.
1:33.4	Thanks for all you do, I just adore your candor, Mary.
1:37.9	So, after we received the note from Mary, I wrote back and said, would you like to write something
1:43.3	honoring Judy? We could share it. So here's what Mary Pl I wrote back and said, would you like to write something honoring Judy?
1:44.5	We could share it.
1:45.9	So here's what Mary Plisco sent back.
1:48.7	Dear Judy, why had I never heard of you?
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