Washington DC, June 12 -- Actor Dylan O'Brien is set to star alongside Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo in 'Being Heumann', Apple's adaptation of the bestselling memoir from disability activist Judy Heumann, reported Deadline

O'Brien will play Evan White, one of the few reporters covering the San Francisco disability rights protests that are central to the tale, in the film directed by Sian Heder. As previously revealed, Madeley plays the title role. At the same time, Ruffalo portrays Joseph Califano, President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, who was initially hesitant to sign off on civil rights legislation impacting the crippled population.

'Being Heumann' follows Heumann as she leads over a hundred disabled p...