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.
On Sunday, June 20, Pushing Limits will salute Father’s Day by highlighting the perspective of a visually impaired father and his experience raising his son. Also, we will discuss East Bay Paratransit, its history, funding, ADA requirements, and current status. We will be joined by Susan Gallagher, BART District Manager of Paratransit and Tess Lengyel, … Continued
The Marin County "Seniors for Peace": Its members have been demonstrating against the Iraq war for over a year. They have been gradually building a broader thrust to the protests to cover other issues. Pushing Limits looks at the disabled activists behind this nationally prominent protest icon, "Seniors for Peace". (originally broadcast April 18th, 2004)
Today we will discuss the Black church and disability. You will hear from a pastor and two laypersons from various churches discuss attitudinal and physical access issues, what is working and what needs improvement.
We’ll look at summer festivals which honor and feature musicians who live with disabilities, and feature information about the upcoming mass mobilization in Sacramento and the Superfest weekend of film.
A special feature on disabled youth in Haiti, with special guests Peter Eyvindson, Soni, and Jan Groves. Peter is the author of Soni’s Mended Wings, a story about a Haitian youth with a disability and the love of street boys at St. Joseph’s Home in Haiti. Jan works at Healing Hands of Haiti which provides … Continued
An update the governor’s budget and what its impact will be on the disability community.
The Marin County "Seniors for Peace": Its members have been demonstrating against the Iraq war for over a year. They have been gradually building a broader thrust to the protests to cover other issues. Pushing Limits looks at the disabled activists behind this nationally prominent protest icon, "Seniors for Peace".
Featuring a half hour of listener call-ins. Hosts Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte listen to what people in the community have to say about disability related issues, plus what their suggestions and comments are about the radio program itself.
Why does the organized disability community oppose the legalization of physician assisted suicide when so many progressives favor it? We’ll speak with Marilyn Golden, a prominent policy analyst at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.
