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Judy Heumann, who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people and whose life’s story was being adapted to film, has died at age 75. She died Saturday in Washington, D.C., as confirmed by the American Assn. of People with Disabilities. No cause was given.

.Blair and her icy blonde bob certainly wore the sweater well with a navy lace gown, diamond cuff earrings, and, of course, her iconic diamond-encrusted cane.Since going public with her MS diagnosis in 2018, the actor and activist has found purpose in advocacy. Now, with unshrinking honesty, she talks her new accessible fashion collaboration, a return to acting on her terms, and what finding love again might look like.By Among the names woven into the coat's exterior were , founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project; Irish writer, academic, and activist ; , disability rights activist and CEO of Making Space; president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities ; of LaVant Consulting; , nationally awarded disability advocate and head of brand accessibility at Google; and the late Judy Heumann, widely known as the “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.”Selma Blair has always been a fan of fashion, and her MS diagnosis only deepened her interest in the medium.

After watching her family drama CODA break ground this morning as both the first Apple Original, and the first feature led by a predominantly deaf cast to land a Best Picture Oscar nomination, writer-director Sian Heder caught up with Deadline to discuss the meaning behind this recognition from the Film Academy, and upcoming projects including a biopic on disability rights activist Judy Heumann.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films has landed rights to a package based on Judy Heumann’s best-selling memoir Being Heumann. Sian Heder, whom Apple signed to a multi-year overall deal in the wake of winning an auction for her Sundance sensation CODA, is adapting the film to direct.

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.