Sins Invalid, The Movie
Fund Drive Special the performance group Sins Invalid, make “an unshamed claim to beauty in the face of invisibility.” Co-founder and filmmaker, Patty Berne, brings their new movie, “Sins Invalid.”
Pushing Limits
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.
Race and Disability – July 18, 2014
Black and brown people have always been present in the disability movement and some have played pivotal roles. Yet our conversation about race is often pretty unsophisticated. We’re a long way from truly supporting all our community members and, like in the rest of the U.S., people of color with disabilities are frequently the last … Continued
Tour the Ed Roberts Campus – June 20, 2014
Curious about the Ed Roberts Campus? Ever stepped inside and felt a bit intimidated? We know how you feel. . . This week, Pushing Limit’s Shelley Berman, reveals the secrets of this edifice that touts itself as a national and international model building, one which is dedicated to disability rights and universal access. Listen in … Continued
Public Transit and Disability – June 6, 2014
Whether you ride the rails or roll on the wheels, getting where you need to go takes constant effort. Today we focus on transportation problems for people with disabilities. The issues are universal but the devilish details reside in the bay area of California. If you gotta go, you gotta go, but where’s the restroom? … Continued
Latino Musicians with Disabilities
A program of disabled Latino musicians and musicians from the Americans. Is that really a blind Puerto Rican blues artist performing a song using the Tuva throat singing technique? And what well know artist–progressive activist began his eventual path as a performer because he joined the military because of the difficulties his disability while in high school? Also … Continued
Women Musicians with Disabilities
IAyumi Hamasake, Donna Williams, Evelyn Glennie, Liyana with Prudence Mabhena, Mandy Harvey and The Great Britain Paraorchestra. Donna Williams is autistic and darn proud of it. Artistic ability exudes from her pores. We play her song, “All Be Happy; A Gothic Autism Story.” Donna’s ground-breaking books, Nobody, Nowhere and Somebody Somewhere were among the first … Continued
Integrating a New Disability
Brooke was doing well, living with her multiple personality disorder. It had been a long road, but she was comfortable and able to spend more hours at work than ever before. Then she had a stroke. Theodore “Teddy” Berman was in middle school when his life-long aversion to cookies and cake became excruciating stomach aches … Continued
Disability and the Bible
Pushing Limits present a discussion on relationship of the bible and Cristianity. How does the bibleportray disability. Are we cursed, evil, or perhaps something special about us attributedour disability. Scholar Amos Yong and Lillibeth Navarro, director of an independent living centerin Los Angeles give us their views on how disability fits in to the Christian … Continued
Disability Prom Royalty
Pushing Limits presents the first ever Disability Prom Day celebration. Listen to who got nominated for disability royalty.