“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 Cheryl Powell Smith break it down – what the program does, what the cuts mean and their resolve to continue this life-saving program...
Dec 18, 2009•4 min
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, Petra Kuppers and Amber DiPietra joinproducer, Adrienne Lauby and audio describer, Lakshmi Fjord. With music by Mindy Dillard. [Program Links]Oli...
Dec 04, 2009•4 min
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 discuss possibility and triumph with commentator Gary Gray, who writes about disabled athletes in his blog. We'll also speak with Doug Pringle, President of the Far West chapter of Disabled Sports Usa ...
Nov 20, 2009•4 min
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 non profits operate under too narrow a charge and are they just too conservative–that is what Pushing Limits wants to pursue. Co host is Leah Gardner The post Pus...
Nov 06, 2009•4 min
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 artists and performers use storytelling, music and dance to demonstrate that disabled bodies are beautiful. Artistic director Patricia Berne and performer Nomy Lamm will discuss their...
Oct 30, 2009•4 min
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 IHSS program. Over450 thousand people face unannounced home visits and routine fingerprinting. Seniors, people living with AIDS and the developmenta...
Oct 16, 2009•4 min
“Wildfires, Earthquakes, and Hurricanes… Oh My” Are people with disabilities ready for a disaster? We talk to Ana-Marie Jones and Tracy Baker of Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster (CARD) about how to prepare. And, Karla Gilbride, of Disability Rights Advocates, a Berkeley legal non-profit, talks about their suit against both Oakland and L.A. for their lack disability access in emergency planning. The suit charges Oakland with * The failure to conduct adequate surveys of the accessibil...
Sep 04, 2009•4 min
Has a private attorney (with the cooperation of just three people with disabilities) gone too far in concocting an unusual class action settlement agreement affecting many cities in Contra Costa. The proposed settlement allots five percent of a city'’s gas tax on the condition thatpeople with disabilities be precluded from taking legal action having to do with pedestrian access–for the next 30 years. Disability access specialist Richard Skaff and attorney Terry Kilpatrick discuss this controvers...
Aug 21, 2009•4 min
The fascinating intersection between disability and medical marijuana. Guests: Bill Fold aka the man who replaced the anti-depressant Wellbutrin with medical marijuana. Steve Howdyshell, a gulf war vet. Lisa Gygax, an attorney living with a disability, who represents The Organic Cannibis Foundation of Northern California, a collective of patients and their primary caregivers, which runs the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the top half of the state. Many cannabis users are already familia...
Aug 07, 2009•4 min
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 rights activist. He works with Neighborhood Access Group (NAG) to fight for accessible sidewalks and his writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, Counter Punch, and ...
Jul 31, 2009•4 min
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 program as an abuse of taxpayer money. As the stand off continues, we bring you voices from the front lines. With a commentary b...
Jul 17, 2009•4 min
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 program will also feature interviews with two individuals affected by state budget cuts. Eddie Ytuarte and John Healy will host. The post Pushing Limit...
Jul 03, 2009•4 min
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 Eddie Ytuarte. San Francisco Lighthouse internet address: www.lighthouse-sf.org The post Pushing Limits – June 19, 2009 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 19, 2009•4 min
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 afternoon panel gives a flavor of this historic meeting of the musical minds. Host: Adrienne Lauby. For more info: http://www.myspace.com/cripmoore The post...
Jun 05, 2009•4 min
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 work: We Care A Lot Check out People First of California , a self-organized group of developmentally disabled people. PEOPLE FIRST BELIEVES: If you get out ...
May 29, 2009•4 min
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&...
May 01, 2009•4 min
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 the kinds of attitudes we have and legal sanctions about parents with disabilities. Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner co-host. Link to Through t...
Apr 17, 2009•4 min
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 a college degree. They talk tohosts, John Healy and Adrienne Lauby, about what they’ve learned to improve and what they’ve learned to accept. RSI Support Groups East Bay R...
Apr 03, 2009•4 min
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 what the CCB is doing about it. Then, Mab Maher reads her story “Chautauqua” about the loss of culture and art in another depression (the 1930s) and its effect on a disabled Mom....
Mar 20, 2009•4 min
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Feb 27, 2009•4 min
…taking a trip with Shelley Berman and Eddie Ytuarte out to the Coast, to Bodega Bay, to visitRobert DeVee a painter who lives with Parkinson’s disease. www.renbrown.com Shelley also produced an audio essay for you about her grandfather and Parkinson’s. There is a Parkinson Disease support group near you.Call The National Parkinson Foundation at www.parkinson.org For alternative medicine suggestions,www.parkinsons.org/parkinsons-alternative-medicine.html The post Pushing Limits – Interview with ...
Feb 20, 2009•4 min
“Disability According to DREDF.” Founded in 1979, as large numbers of people with disabilitiesdemanded mainstream access and independence rather than institutions and family ghettos. The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund has become a major player in the modern disability rights movement. Through carefully chosen legal actions, strategic work on policy issues and ongoing education, DREDF works to build a more just world. How does DREDF prioritize its resources? Is the prevention of dis...
Jan 16, 2009•4 min
“None of us is the same as before,” they say, yet… And therein lies the story. Charles A.Spears, Roger Uratani, Frank Ting, Jean Mizuiri, Paolo Crescini, Linda Golfos, and Phyllis Deetsrecount brain bleeds, surgeries and on-going recuperation. All are members of a support group for survivors of aneurysm and arteriovenous malformations (AVM), facilitated by Nancy Quinnine, RN at the University of California in San Francisco. Host John Healy, who survived a couple of brain surgeries of his own, br...
Jan 02, 2009•4 min
What happens when a person suffers a stroke, What happens when a blind person suffers a stroke and what happens when she needs immediate treatment and follow up rehabilitation. Pushing Limits members Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte talk with fellow programmer Jan Santos about having a stroke on November 11 of this year. They will also talk aboutwarning signs leading up to a stroke. The post Pushing Limits – What happens when a blind person has a stroke – December 19, 2008 at 2:30pm appeared first...
Dec 19, 2008•4 min
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Dec 05, 2008•4 min
People in their ninth and tenth decade of life talk frankly about disability, their life experiences, riding the bus and more. A slightly younger woman describes the complex interdependency of the low income senior complex where she lives. Gene Sharee (age 94) interviews Erling Horn (age 103), Geri Efros (age 90), and Erling’s daughter, Maggie (age 67). Adrienne Lauby interviews Robin Birdfeather (age 73).Music by Pinetop Perkins (age 95) from www.pinetopperkins.com. Gene Sharee reads two poems,...
Nov 21, 2008•4 min
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Nov 07, 2008•4 min
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Oct 31, 2008•4 min
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Oct 17, 2008•4 min
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Oct 03, 2008•4 min
