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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.
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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.
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
Corbett Joan O’Toole’s new memoir, “Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History”, is arguably the best history to come out of the Disability Rights Movement of the past four decades.
Sometimes, we take accessible buildings for granted; but they aren’t always accessible for people living with disabilities and our rights aren’t always granted. Every now and then we have to make some noise, show up and be counted, prepare for a smack down… So it was at the California Building Standards Commission last week. Couldn’t … Continued
Labeled a difficult child and unable to connect with other human beings, Madelaine Kelly made a cry-for-help suicide attempt before she was twelve. Today she has a loving family, a successful business and a globe-trotting life style. Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby talk with Madelaine Kelly. Here’s a preview: I started to run when … Continued
Executive Director Catherine Kudlick of the Paul Longmore Institute at San Francisco State University is our guest. The Institute was named after one of the more prominent contemporary historians/scholars in the disability community. Part think-tank, part cultural center, the Longmore Institute introduces new ideas about disability and disabled people. The work at the intersection of … Continued
