On Monday, a Netflix documentary called Crip Camp earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

The film tells the story of the Disability Rights Movement and the activists who spent decades

fighting for the Americans with Disabilities Act. Borrowing tactics from the civil rights

and anti-war movements,

they forced disability rights into the national conversation.

They lied about the war in Vietnam. They've lied about every damn thing in the world.

They've lied about war to get. They're lying about how they're treating us.

They're lying about how they're treating them physically disabled and mentally retired in this country.

And they raised the heat under Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and just about every president since.

The first family used the side door today to leave Washington's First Baptist Church.

The Carter has avoided about 20 handicapped persons demonstrating across the street from the door the president normally uses.

Judy Human features prominently in the

movement and the film. She'd later serve as special advisor for international disability rights

for the Obama administration. But first, she was on the forefront of the movement pushing for

the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that barred discrimination on the basis of disability,

and especially Section 504 of that act, which defined in real terms what that would actually mean.

She began her journey, though, in the early 60s, as a camper, and then in the 70s as a counselor

at Camp Gened, a countercultural haven and place of liberation for disabled kids and teenagers.

In July, on the anniversary of the ADA, I spoke to Judy about Crip Camp. I told her that

I found the film a revelation

and that it left me, for lack of a better word, for CLEMPT.

I'm really glad you liked.

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