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.
Disability rights activists are regrouping after a criminal California budget that devastated IHSS, Medi-Cal, Cal-Works, cities, regional centers and the AIDS budget — just to name a few programs. John Kelly and Evan LeVane talk about what we can do to stop the slide toward death and nursing homes. John Kelly is a Boston disability … Continued
Interviews from the growing statewide protests of Schwarzenegger’s cuts to programs like In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) that support the rights of people with disabilities. People who use wheelchairs are arrested doing civil disobedience in protest of this threat to their health and liberty. California’s governor smokes cigars and launches a media attackon the IHSS … Continued
In keeping with the weekend theme of independence, Pushing Limits will feature an interview with Blane Beckwith from the national organization ADAPT. According to ADAPT, "We (ADAPT) are fighting so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions" The July 3 … Continued
What are some of the issues affecting people in the blind and low vision community? Jessie Lorenz and Amber DiPrieta from the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind will discuss issues like the effects of state budget cuts, accessibility to the internet, and coalition building on Pushing Limits, June 19 Hosted by Adrienne Lauby and … Continued
When conference producer Leroy F Moore Jr announced the first-ever meeting of disabled and queer hip hop artists, reactions ranged from puzzlement to hate mail. But, artists like B-Sick, Tru Blu [Nyla}, Juba Kalamka, Great Scott, D.J. Quad and Miss Money showed up for this ground-breaking event. The frank discussion in these excerpts from an … Continued
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
