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.
Pushing Limits – It’s The Attitude
Carolyn Epple lives with bladder cancer and a neurological disease she calls a 'stupid chess partner'. She joins Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby for a humorous conversation about being prescribed live tuberculosis virus, the discovery that her cancer drug was out-of-stock and a dinner party conversation about vacuum cleaners. Just a day in the life… … Continued
Pushing Limits – December 18, 2009
“Look Forward; Look Back.” We celebrate Winter Solstice, the day we turn back to the light, with interviews and analysis. George Louie, one of the plaintiffs in the Contra Costa pedestrian access lawsuit, speaks frankly about his role in this controversial case.In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) activists, Tom Ross, Carmen Rivera-Hendrickson, Kenneth C. Johnson and … Continued
Pushing Limits – Dancing with Cripples
The complex history of the word cripple, methods of inclusion for people with verbal, cognitive, emotional and other discounted disabilities, and the story of a disabled woman powering a diesel truck through the Australian desert. Plus, excerpts from a steamy love story called Cripple Poetics. It’s all here as performance artists and poets Neil Marcus, … Continued
Pushing Limits – November 20, 2009
Who says a one-armed man can't pitch a no-hitter or shoot for the net in a Division I college basketball game? Who says a deaf man can't wield the bat in a major league baseball game? And who says disabled kids don't make good athletes? Friday on Pushing Limits, Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner will … Continued
Pushing Limits – November 6, 2009
Executive Director Catherine Blakemore, from Disability Rights California, will discuss the work of her agency and the role of non profits in the disability community. "DRC is one of the highest funded disability non profits doing work in California and also one of the most successful" says co-host Eddie Ytuarte. But the question is do … Continued
Pushing Limits – October 30, 2009
Take a good look in the mirror. Do you feel pride in what you see? Beauty in the face of invisibility is the theme of this week's Pushing Limits. On Friday, October 30th on Pushing Limits, Leah Gardner will interview Patricia Berne and Nomy Lamm from a groundbreaking organization called Sins Invalid. This troupe of … Continued
Pushing Limits – Service Cuts – Will You Stand With Us?
Critical cuts to people with disabilities who rely on California’s In Home Support Services (IHSS)have begun. Pushing Limits talks to Bobby Bogan, Executive Director of Seniors Organizing Seniors. Bogan sees both fear and courage as the State of California implements massive cuts. On November 1st, 130 thousand people will be reduced or axed from the … Continued
Pushing Limits – Wildfires, Earthquakes, and Hurricanes… Oh My
“Wildfires, Earthquakes, and Hurricanes… Oh My” Are people with disabilities ready for a disaster? We talk to Ana-Marie Jones and Tracy Baker of Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster (CARD) about how to prepare. And, Karla Gilbride, of Disability Rights Advocates, a Berkeley legal non-profit, talks about their suit against both Oakland and L.A. for their … Continued
Pushing Limits – August 21, 2009
Has a private attorney (with the cooperation of just three people with disabilities) gone too far in concocting an unusual class action settlement agreement affecting many cities in Contra Costa. The proposed settlement allots five percent of a city'’s gas tax on the condition thatpeople with disabilities be precluded from taking legal action having to … Continued