Laura Hershey, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Laura Hershey

American writer and disability rights activist

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1962

Date of Death: 26-Nov-2010

Profession: writer, poet, disability rights activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Laura Ann Hershey (August 11, 1962 – November 26, 2010) was a poet, journalist, popular speaker, feminist, and a disability rights activist and consultant.
Known to have parked her wheelchair in front of buses, Hershey was one of the leaders of a protest against the paternalistic attitudes and images of people with disabilities inherent to Jerry Lewis's MDA Telethon.
She was a regular columnist for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and on her own website, Crip Commentary, and was published in a variety of magazines and websites.
She was admired for her wit, her ability to structure strong arguments in the service of justice, and her spirited refusal to let social responses to her spinal muscular atrophy define the parameters of her life as anything less than a full human existence.
She was also the mother of an adopted daughter.