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People Living with Developmental Disabilities discuss Sex and Relationships is the topic for the May 29 program. Featured will be an interview with sex educators Mark Bazza and Angela Agostino, married couple Fred Waitt and Barbara Moise and learn about the time Bruce Amen married himself. To learn more about Angela Agostino and Mark Bazza's … Continued
Pushing Limits will feature an interview with Will Leiner, attorney for Disability Rights California about a recent settlement enhancing the living opportunities for people living in state institutions. In addition, musicians with various disabilities will have their music sampled. Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte host. Disability Rights California:www.disabilityrightsca.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IHRK287rQA Judy Collins, Since You’ve Asked 2-36 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIUZkG6FmTQ&feature=PlayList&p=4425551FE2A26CB7&index=3 Barry … Continued
Pushing Limits speaks with Megan Kirshbaum, founder and executive director of Through the Looking Glass. TLG, located in Berkeley, is a ground breaking program dedicated to serving families with disabilities. It was founded 30 years ago by Megan and Hal Kirshbaum in Berkeley during the formative years of the disability movement. The discussion will include … Continued
Meet Margherita Gudenzi, a woman with RSI who, with help from a local non-profit, parents a young and active child. Meet Gary Karp, a wheelchair user who feared for his hard-won independence when he contracted RSI. And, meet Andrea Hill who doesn’t let the pain offibromyalgia keep her from caring for 4 children while finishing … Continued
Dangerous Impact: Hybrid Cars and "Chautauqua." Son Kim, a blind man struck by a hybrid car in a crosswalk near his home last week, joins us live with his partner Mary Beltran. And, Jeff Thom, president of the California Council of the Blind (CCB), explains the murderous danger poised by silent hybrid car technology and … Continued
…taking a trip with Shelley Berman and Eddie Ytuarte out to the Coast, to Bodega Bay, to visitRobert DeVee a painter who lives with Parkinson’s disease. www.renbrown.com Shelley also produced an audio essay for you about her grandfather and Parkinson’s. There is a Parkinson Disease support group near you.Call The National Parkinson Foundation at www.parkinson.org For … Continued
“Disability According to DREDF.” Founded in 1979, as large numbers of people with disabilitiesdemanded mainstream access and independence rather than institutions and family ghettos. The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund has become a major player in the modern disability rights movement. Through carefully chosen legal actions, strategic work on policy issues and ongoing education, … Continued
“None of us is the same as before,” they say, yet… And therein lies the story. Charles A.Spears, Roger Uratani, Frank Ting, Jean Mizuiri, Paolo Crescini, Linda Golfos, and Phyllis Deetsrecount brain bleeds, surgeries and on-going recuperation. All are members of a support group for survivors of aneurysm and arteriovenous malformations (AVM), facilitated by Nancy … Continued
What happens when a person suffers a stroke, What happens when a blind person suffers a stroke and what happens when she needs immediate treatment and follow up rehabilitation. Pushing Limits members Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte talk with fellow programmer Jan Santos about having a stroke on November 11 of this year. They will … Continued
