Summary

Judy Heumann is just trying to cross the road in her wheelchair. It’s New York City in the 1970s, and the streets are chaotic. Traffic barrels past, pedestrians crowd the sidewalks, and the concrete curbs are steep cliffs. Unable to get her wheelchair up onto the sidewalk, she rolls in the middle of Madison Avenue, giving the middle finger to a city bus driver behind her who is laying on his horn.

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