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.
NOTE: DIFFERENT TIME Hour-Long Special, 2-3 pm Friday, October 7 “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So” Mark Vonnegut’s new book takes up where his first memoir, “Eden Express” left off. He gives us more adventures in living with a mental disability while working as a pediatrician and serving on Harvard Medical School’s … Continued
The Next Generation The Next Gerneration of disability advocates and academics are coming to Pushing Limits this week. Join us for frank talk about the dangers & benefits of technology, stories of prejudice and victory, a discussion of the generation gap within the disability movement, and more. Guests: Hong Leong, Ann Kwong, Lauren Steinberg, Shira … Continued
Disability Macabre! Friday, Sept. 16. Tune in for Tales from the deep corners of the Crypt and Stories from the people with disabilities who have dug around in the closet of nightmares. Hear about life after near-death, the male gender as a disability, & the creepy side of Crip Justice. Yes, The dark Crip is … Continued
“The Mastocytosis Blues” She was suddenly very sick with mysterious symptoms. Even her friends lifted an eyebrow when she insisted it had something todo with chlorine exposure. She was living on crackers and still couldn’t get the doctors to pay attention. Shanti Soule reflects on trying to get a diagnosis for what turned out to … Continued
Why should progressives and people with disabilities be opposed to something called the Domestic Workers Civil Rights? Well folks are split on this state bill which would provide additional benefits to domestic workers who work for people with disabilities but do not receive IHSS assistance. Big contradictions there and Pushing Limits will try to sort … Continued
Long: We look backward. We look forward. We talk about money management and ask you to pledge your money to the radio station that makes Pushing Limits possible. With an essay by Josh Elwood. Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby host.
On July 23, 600 people covered a San Jose street with chants of “Our Homes Not Nursing Homes,” a giant Justin Dart puppet and the sights and sounds of numerous contingents of people with disabilities. It was a day for pride under the rubric of social justice for all. Interviews with Albert Azizian, Sarah Triano, … Continued
Why this controversy over Smart Meters in California? Is Pacific Gas and Electricity being honest in its contention that smart meters are safe and will save consumers money in the long run? Or do smart meters constitute another threat to the health of people with disabilities, seniors and children? Pushing Limits invited Joshua Hart from … Continued
Friday, July on 94.1 KPFA FM in Berkeley, or www.KPFA.org at 2:30 pm PST: Celebrating Independence or Interdependence Day With another Independence Day on the horizon, Pushing Limits is thinking about what “independence” means to the disability community. Is it being able to travel by yourself? Is it making use of technology instead of relying … Continued
We’ve all seen the T-shirts, the articles and the splash on the Internet. “Does it Gets Better?” is the new buzz. Spurred after a dramatic upsurge in youth LGBTQI suicides, Dan Savage, a well-known gay advice columnist, launched this group to offer positive messages and hope to LGBTQI young adults. Does this campaign reach the … Continued
