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.
Dr. Elaine King Miller is running for Senate in President Bush’s home district in Texas. Dr. King Miller is an African American woman who is blind and a long time advocate & author & professional in the educational arena. In this edition of Pushing Limits, she talks about her campaign and her platform. Music by … Continued
Dale Campbell and his wife and seeing eye dog were thrown out of a restaurant for bringing the dog in. Guests Dale Campbell, a blind person, his sited wife Candace, and his seeing eye dog Kelsey, and Wendy Wilkerson, and ADA Attorney with the Texas Institute of Rehabilitation and Research. Also, U.S. Congressman Nick Lamson … Continued
Pushing Limits features a tribute to Zonia Acosta, one of the collective members of the program who died on July 23, 2004. Also updates on the California state budget and on federal funding for Section 8 housing.
Issues around electronic voting – the disability community’s preference for it, the legal issues, and the progressive community’s reluctance and concerns. We will interview guests Sylvia Yee who is an attorney at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and Anne Finger who is a local author and activist.
Tonight Pushing Limits explores Respironic’s decision to no longer service and provide parts for the iron lungs used by the 40 or so polio survivors in the U.S. The show will feature a panel of iron lung users and a Respironics representative to speak on the subject.
A series of excerpts from a town hall meeting for citizenship held on May 27th in Houston TX as part of a nation wide effort to mobilize and empower the disabled community. Sponsored by www.enableamerica.org
Celebrating another birth on this 4th of July, the birth of the Blues. Looking at Ray Charles, his music and his life.
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. (originally broadcast June 6, 2004)
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)
