Pushing Limits

Blindness in the Early USSR – Pushing Limits – June 2, 2023

Early disability activism did not only arise in the United States or in the countries of the United Kingdom.  The Soviet Union, shortly after the 1918 revolution, also witnessed a nascent disability movement.  That movement differs significantly from disability advancements in other countries and in later decades. In this edition of Pushing Limits, Maria Galamarini … Continued


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Two Writers; Three Books – Pushing Limits – May 5, 2023

Interviews with two authors with disabilities who have written books from their lived expertise. Stephanie Heit is the author of Psych Murders, a poetic memoir of her encounters with the psychiatric medical system.  Dr. Sami Schalk, professor of gender studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses her book, Bodyminds Imagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in … Continued