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.
Will people with disabilities, seniors and low-income folks benefit if the health care bill is passed? After nine months of political wrangling and back door deals, the US congress was set to put a universal national system for health care insurance in place. Then, Massachusetts’ voters sent a Republican to congress and everything changed. As … Continued
Sticks and Stones—and labels, misconceptions, intolerance, and abuse by systems set up to help. Violence and abuse statistics are shocking! It takes more than a child's playground chant for people with disabilities to ward off the physical and emotional pain instigated by societal and institutional bias. The truth is blatant and clear. People with disabilities … Continued
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
