2:30 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.
A hour-long fund drive episode in which we dissect the fascinating intersection of fundraising and disability with Catherine Kudlick, editor of Telethons: Spectacle, Disability and the Business of Charity by Paul Longmore. From Jerry Lewis – to the cancer survivor runs – to the many disability non-profits desperately hoping for support, money raising … Continued
A spirited discussion of #CripTheVote, (an online non-partisan campaign about voting and disability issues), the Disability Visibility Project and media for disabled people. We talk to disability mover and shaker, Alice Wong. Alice Wong is the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, a project collecting oral histories of people with … Continued
How do sports effect you as a disabled person? Don’t give a damn? Is this all just a bunch of hooplah that means nothing? We tackle how sports effect people with disabilities and take call ins. It’s a participatory sport. No losers possible. With essays by Doyle Saylor, Tangikina Moimoi, and “Bob.” Produced and Hosted … Continued
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Listen in for some enchanting music by women singers and composers who live with disabilities. Their names may surprise you: Carly Simon, Mary Lambert, Joni Mitchell, Renata Tabaldi and Karen Carpenter.
Vilissa Thompson joins Pushing Limits Radio to talk about the twitter storm she raised with her hashtag #DisabilityTooWhite. Live Call in program. Friday, June 3, 2:30 pm PST.
Leroy F. Moore Jr., is here with his new book, “Black Kripple Delivers Poetry and Lyrics.” Listen to the founder of Krip Hop talk about black history, police brutality and his highly productive work as a black activist with a disability.
We all know what someone who lives with an eating disorder looks like: Young, white and skinny! Right? But. . . hold on just a minute. In actuality, research says that black girls between 11-14 may have a higher rate of eating disorder behavior than their white counterparts, especially when it comes to binge eating. … Continued
Catherine Kudlick joins “Pushing Limits” To discuss the cultural phenomenen of disability telethons. The Disability Community waged a campaign against this type of fundraiser. Learn why and what the results were.
Bored with the election talk? Here’s a discussion you won’t hear on pop news media outlets or NPR. Edie Hallberg from the Peace and Freedom Party and Laura Wells from the Green Party join us to talk about disability election issues. Given the extreme absence of discussion of these issues in the Republican and Democratic … Continued
[Transcript] Attorney Haben Girma works to increase access to technology for people with disabilities. She helped achieve victory in National Federation of the Blind v. Scribd, one of only two decisions to hold that the ADA applies to virtual businesses. In 2013, she came to Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) as a Skadden Fellow. In 2015, … Continued
