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The election is right around the corner. What role will people with disabilities play in the national contest, both as voters and as candidates? Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman has faced a barrage of attacks on his competency after having a stroke in May. Many other potential disabled candidates are simply passed over by … Continued
The weather’s getting colder, November’s drawing near, and you know by your full mailbox the SPOOOOOOOOKY season is here! Today, the Pushing Limits crew sketches some state and local issues with a LEETLE Federal spice, and tell you which measures are naughty and which nice. Our web site has goodies to make you … Continued
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. This program returns October 21..
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs on even weeks Friday 2:30pm.
The clamor about the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke Roe v. Wade and allow the states to make their own rules about a woman’s reproductive right to abortion has been loud. The women-led backlash to this decision may actually allow the Democrats to keep control of the House of Representatives next year. But, in … Continued
We talk about names- the labels people give people with disabilities and the labels we choose for ourselves. Sometimes labels are a result of able bodied discomfort with talking to someone who looks or acts differently from them. You know the question: “What do I say? How do I approach a person with an obvious … Continued
For many years the unemployment rate of people with disabilities has hovered around 70%. It seems that every few years, a public official announces initiatives to address this statistic by hiring ten people, or thousands of people with disabilities for public service. Do these programs lead to more of us obtaining government employment? Today … Continued
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs on even weeks Friday 2:30pm.
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Another in our occasional series of programs about musicians who have disabilities. Lets see… …this time, artists from Brazil, from Hawaii, a famous film/ theatrical musical composer, and perhaps one or two rock and rollers. Eddie Ytuarte hosts.
Our governor is racing through the legislature with a bill that will bring huge changes in how homeless people are treated in California. The so-called Care Court bill is quickly moving through the committees in both senate and assembly without a single “no” vote. The people who are saying “no” are disability and homeless advocates … Continued
