No one is completely independent and, while it might feel good to talk about independence, as a final life goal it leaves much to be desired. A.J. Withers joins the Pushing Limits crew to talk about a better goal, interdependence.
Pushing Limits
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A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.
Education Today – January 27, 2017
This program was produced by Education Today.
Suzanne Stoltz, a many-year participant at a MDA camp, charts the political underbelly of the disability summer camp experience. Summer camp
In the 1960s ‘autism’ was deemed ‘childhood psychosis’ and the incidence of autism was thought to be around 4 in 10,000 children. Today, up to 1 in 88 children are diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Polly Samuel, aka Donna Williams, was central to these changes and became a beacon to many in the autism … Continued
The New Year is upon us and 2017 does not look all charming and bright. Like other people of good will, the disability community is scrambling to adjust to the new president. We’re applying advice from former Congressional staffers (and that guy we know down the street.) We’re talking about organizing ourselves more tightly like … Continued
Anne Finger: Soviet Eugenics
Modern genetics offers parents the dream of choosing the characteristics of their children and aborting those who don’t fit their ideal. As scientists move in this direction, disabled people are understandably critical. They cite, for instance, the strong historical link between genetics and eugenics. In this program, Oakland writer Anne Finger explores these issues with … Continued
A discussion in memory of the late activist author Marta Russell with Steve Weiss and Ravi Malhotra. Russell is especially noted for her book Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract, which offered a leftist analysis on how disability intersects with capitalism and includes topics like the Americans With Disability Act, health … Continued
Maytte Bustillos: Living with Brain Cancer
Maytte Bustillios was given two years to live after the discovery of a cancerous tumor in her brain (Oligodendroglioma). Now, seven years and three craniotomies later, she talks to Shelley Berman about her fitness routine, mothering a child with a heart problem and dealing with the daily limitations of disability. With an analysis of … Continued
We talk with Ross Turnbull, the creator of the movie Terminal Device, an autobiographical essay and an inquiry into cinematic representation. Refracted through pop cultural images, the director tells his story as a man with a hook watching movie images of others with this particular prosthesis. He’s in the studio with Alex Locust, also an amputee … Continued
Election 2016: Disability Issues
Discussion of current election issues with Eddie Ytuarte, Mark Romoser, Edie Halburg of the Peace and Freedom Party and Community Callers.