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Justin took his appointment as an opportunity to unify the disability movement by making diverse appointments to the task force, including people who were HIV-positive. This was controversial. “We should not have representatives of people with AIDS,” he was told. “People with AIDS will die.” To which Justin responded, “Of course they will die. So will you and I. We are not into perpetuating paternalism.”5
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
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