Today, we talk about depression – the feelings – the way it appears during a pandemic – the way people don’t cope – and the way they do cope. Meganwind Eoyang, former street fighter and non-violent communication trainer, joins Shelley Berman to discuss prisons of the mind and prisons of concrete and stone. —————- Today … Continued
Jonathan Mooney tried to fit into the box of normalcy. It cost him his education, his sense of self, his friendships and nearly his life. In his opinion, “Normal Sucks.” Jonathan lives with dyslexia and ADHD, and he’s dedicated his life to connections with other people who have been treated as not normal. His latest … Continued
In this program we play music from Mary Lambert, talk some about being disabled and finding yourself in a yet another crisis, and give a big shout out to those of us with mental disabilities. We also open the phones for listener calls. You might know Mary Lambert from her work with Macklemore on the … Continued
Once more around the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol Building – this time through the eyes of disability. The uprising threatened particular individuals in a building with a lot of history. Some of those individuals live with disability and some of that history is intertwined with accessibility struggles and successes. Mitch Jeserich worked in … Continued
Today we integrate some of the events of our nation into our disability routines. We’re nine days from an attempted coup at the Capital Building in D.C. as the pandemic rages and vaccine hope arises. Three callers living with disability contribute to the program. One of our elder listeners with a severe disability, Mylene, speaks … Continued
KARAYZY Past Hopeful Future Disability in 2020 DEEP breath Before the PLUNGE Disability in 2021 Pushing Limits Not quite business as usual We are honored and thankful to spend part of New Years Day with YOU! Go ahead and make merry, but be ready to take note of upcoming issues and actions. Adrienne, Mark, … Continued
During a pandemic, if you are a renter and can’t pay your rent, you don’t go directly to eviction. But, the current tangle of federal, state and local eviction moratoriums does not give most poor and disabled people the sense of housing security we need. Click here for local help! Christina Collins, a prominent eviction … Continued
Jenn Peoples’ childhood was frightening and traumatic. As a result she’s faced terrifying demons of self-destructive behavior. Now she’s far along in recovery, not from her mental illness, but from the self-destructive behaviors that followed. Today, she is a dual diagnosis counselor at a peer support recovery center in downtown Santa Rosa, California. The concept … Continued
When activists and advocates are up against a shelter-in-place order, when everything we usually do is completely impossible, who you gonna call? That’s right! Disability Justice! Call ‘em now at 1-800-CRIP-POC-CRIP! Why them, you ask. Because over the past couple of decades activists with disabilities, in particular activists of color, have blazed a path of … Continued
Floating on pandemic waves of news, fear, social distancing and mutual aid, Pushing Limits hosts cull from the news, blogs and articles written by disabled people, webinars & conference calls and personal experience to bring this overview. Here’s more from the resources they’ve plumbed: Eight Take Aways from Listening to the National Disability Community A … Continued
