In 2011, people living in San Francisco with HIV/AIDS will have birthdays, and the majority of them will be over 50. In the years to come, other cities will follow, and the country will have to consider how to best provide services to seniors living with HIV or AIDS. Pushing Limits speaks with researcher, advocate and long-time survivors Steve Manley, F. Ross Woodall, and Loren Jones.Hosted and Produced by Raphaella Bennin. Podcast & archives of this program:http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/...
Apr 01, 2011•4 min
This week a fifty-five year old disabled man filed a law suit against members of a the Francisco Police Department, alleging they acted wrongly when they shot him in his wheelchair. Jeremy Miller and Mesa Monge Irezarry will discuss these kind of shootings and possible ways to avoid similar incidents. Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner host. The post Pushing Limits – March 18, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 18, 2011•4 min
Who needs instruments to weave great music and drive the melody? Join Leah Gardner and Shelley Berman, who will be talking music and disability with acapella legend Jerry Lawson. Lawson is lead singer of NBC Sing Off finalists Talk of the Town, and former lead for the Persuasions for four decades. Sit back, and ride the harmony as the work week ends. The post Interview with Jerry Lawson appeared first on KPFA.
Feb 04, 2011•4 min
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Jan 21, 2011•4 min
Want to tell the government how they should improve the ADA? This Monday, January 10, the Department of Justice will be holding one of three national public hearings in San Francisco to get feedback on proposed revisions of the ADA. Pushing limits is taking a look at two of the four proposed revisions which have to do with media: internet accessibility, and equal access in movie theaters. We’ll talk to Mary Watkins, Head of Media Communications for NPR’s WGBH; T.V. Raman, a visually impaired Res...
Jan 07, 2011•4 min
“Disabled Vets: Homeless for the Holidays” A look into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the reintegration of our vets at home. Host & Producer Shelley Berman joins disabled vet Steve Howdyshell for a look into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the reintegration of our vets at home. Guests: David Johnson, Daniel Torres, Daniel Travis, Katie Weber, Richard Johnson, and Steven Reed. They come from four different war eras and a variety of life experiences. They talk about what they hav...
Dec 31, 2010•4 min
All In the Family: An extended family where inter-dependence is the norm. Damion, one of the youngest family members, prepares for dialysis, a kidney transplant, or both. We hear from his legally blind father, his uncle and others in this multi-generational, multi-disability family. Gay parenting, a would-have-been-famous drummer, adoption, a tale from the ski slope and more. (With breaks to ask for your support for KPFA.) Hosted by Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby. Airs from 2:30 to 3:30 today...
Dec 17, 2010•9 min
The Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley is now a reality and Pushing Limits will interview Dmitri Belser about the disability showcase, housing seven long time non profit groups. Explore its function, costs, and management and is this the timing just right for the opening of this unique facility. Eddie Ytuarte and Adrienne Lauby host. The post Pushing Limits – December 3, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 03, 2010•4 min
Opinions, Satire, Interviews and Commentaries from the disability community including Bruce Allison, S.F. city hall reporter for POOR News Network and author of “You’re Retarded; You’ll Never Amount to Anything”; Randall Wright, of Berkeley’sm4th Friday Night Out for people with disabilities discussing how visibility combats discrimination; two members of the Sacramento addiction & recovery community, Hurley Merical, Executive Director of Oak Park Outreach and Starvel Junious of Core Medical...
Nov 19, 2010•4 min
After countless broken bones, a double organ transplant and sight loss, Bobby McMullen doesn’t just ride his bike; this daredevil is a human cliff hanger. We’ll talk about the documentary based on his mountain biking exploits using Mountain Bike Helmet Lights for safety, “The Way Bobby Sees It.” It’s blind biking, so hold onto your chairs; we’re in for a bumpy ride With co-hosts Raphaella Bennin and Leah Gardner who had Trek fitness bikes while mine was a carbon bike, Trek fitness bikes are desi...
Nov 05, 2010•4 min
What is happening with the education of students with disabilities in Oakland schools. To get one perspective, Pushing Limits co hosts Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner will speak with Cyntia Molina who works with other parents in advocating for educating students through the Programs for Exceptional Children–or the name given to the component charged to teaching kids with special needs. Also, a commentary by Shelley Berman on the upcoming elections. The post Pushing Limits – October 29, 2010 appea...
Oct 29, 2010•4 min
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Oct 15, 2010•4 min
Community Voices: Your Voice Eddie Ytuarte and Adrienne talk about a number of current events of interest to the disability community and listen to voices in the community on what is important to them. Also, are do candidates running for state offices have a disability rights agenda or awareness? KPFA polled some. The post Pushing Limits – September 17, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 17, 2010•4 min
Turning the Ship of State Policy vs protest. Insiders vs outsiders. The Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision ruled that people with disabilities have a right to remain in their communities, even if they need government services to do it. But, how can people with disabilities manifest the promise of Olmstead amid the stagnant politics of Sacramento? A centuries-old debate plays out in this summer’s California budget debate. Guests: Mary Lou Breslin, long time disability activist, senior policy analy...
Sep 03, 2010•4 min
After hundreds of years of stigma and exclusion, people with cognitive disabilities are out and about in our communities. Many work at jobs with able-bodied co-workers and live independently, or in small group homes, in many neighborhoods. We visit a class where people with limited speech are learning to choreograph and dance to Taiko drumming from a couple of grandmothers. Then, we talk to Josh Elwood, our sound engineer, who is both a client and board member of the non-profit, Clausen House. A...
Aug 20, 2010•4 min
Mary Lou Breslin and Marilyn Golden, policy analysts for Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund discuss the merits and brought on by the Americans with Disability Act. People in this country are celebrating the 20th year of the ADA so lets check out if the law has significantly moved the disability rights movement--and also are there some things that cannot be achieved with the ADA. Hosts are Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner. The post Pushing Limits – August 6, 2010 appeared first on KPFA....
Aug 06, 2010•4 min
To celebrate 2010, The Year of Honoring Lesbians With Disabilities, Morningstar Vancil speaks candidly about her life as a lesbian stage-3 cancer survivor. Vancil is a butch activist dyke of mixed race who lives with multiple disabilities. She’s traveled with a burlesque show and carried the banner of gay rights into the national American Cancer Society. Morningstar Vancil confronts discrimination and physical difficulties with joy and self respect. Also, Marion Abdullah, co-chair of the Fabled ...
Jul 16, 2010•4 min
Pushing Limits presents a report on the Arnieville Tent City where people with disabilities and seniors are engaged in a living protest against the continued cuts in state human services. Yup, they are camped out at the median at Russell and Adeline streets in Berkeley; and have been there since June, all day and all night. Guests include Marg Hall and Jana Overbo. Co hosts are Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner. The post Pushing Limits – July 2, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 02, 2010•4 min
Emergency services for people with disabilities in Berkely.It's tax-payer supported, innovative, and it gets people out of trouble perhaps saves lives. It's also a nice chunk of money in a community where money is as scarce as a trouble-free wheelchair. We talk to the players. Yomi Wronge, Executive Director of the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, Bonnie MacFadyen, Executive Director of Easy Does It, and Vickie Riggin, co-owner of People Moving On. Adrienne Lauby and Eddie Ytuarte look...
Jun 18, 2010•4 min
We've all heard the adage about home sweet home. It's that place we long for when we've been away where we seek rest, recreation and a break from the outside world. On Friday, June 4th, Pushing Limits discusses the concept of home and what that means to many in the disabled community. First, we discuss the film, Far from Home, with director Elissa Moon. The documentary focuses on the political and personal realities of living in Laguna Honda, a San Francisco institution housing thousands with se...
Jun 04, 2010•4 min
“AB 2072 and the Battle for American Sign Language (ASL)” Passion, strategy, big money opponents, race issues,counter narrative discourse, and children. The DeafhoodForum was nothing if not stimulating. Tune in tomorrowto challenge your ear-to-mind connection.Friday, May 7 at 2:30 pm on KPFA 94.1 fm With:–Butch Zein, Executive Director of the Deafhood Foundation,–Jim Brune and Tanja Bierschneider of DCARA,–Rory Ostrink, the 2nd person to have a cochlear implant in the U.S.,–Dave Eberwein, Conrad...
May 07, 2010•4 min
First, we join our heroine Geri at her job interview at the local Independent Living Center as we play another scene from our original play, “Blind Man’s Bluff”. Starring Kris Yates, Mary Ann (Tidwell) Boussard, Doyle Saylor, Leah Gardner, Jan Santos & Patty Nash. From the memoir of the same name by Geri Taekens. Then Adrienne Lauby talks to Stephanie Sugars about a community of people living with a rare genetic disease, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome. The e-group she facilitates is celebrating its ...
Apr 30, 2010•4 min
A dramatic production — a radio adaptation of scenes from Blind Man’s Bluff, a self-published memoir by visually-impaired writer and advocate Geri Taeckens. Played by members of the Pushing Limits Collective. Travel with Geri as she collides with the reality of visual impairment and disability in her life. Pull up a chair, and listen as this compelling drama unfolds. The post Blind Man’s Bluff, Part One appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 16, 2010•4 min
“Intersexuality” Hida Viloria, human rights spokesperson for Organisation Intersex International (OII), joins us to talk about what the intersex and disability movement have in common—and what they don’t. OII is dedicated to resisting the medical model and non-consensual medical treatment of intersex people. They promote a holistic human rights and person-centered model.They regularly reach across cultural and language barriers to support and improve the lives ofIntersex individuals on six conti...
Apr 02, 2010•4 min
Do you smell hot dogs on the wind, feel the sun on your face in thebleachers and just know magic might be made with the next pitch? On thisweek's Pushing Limits, hosts Leah Gardner and Shelley Berman are headedto the ball game to speak with former fireball left-handed pitcher JimAbbott. You'll also hear from Oakland Athletics players Mark Ellis andEric Chavez who will discuss the reality of playing baseball withdisabilities. A few managers will take a swing at discussing disabilityon the field a...
Mar 19, 2010•4 min
In a natural disaster like the earthquake in Haiti, people with disabilities suffer the highest death rate. Moreover, for every person killed, three more are likely to become disabled. Pushing Limits talks to Portland Strategies, who are activein Haiti with supplies and peer support for disabled people. We willcheck in with Karla Gilbride, an attorney from Disability Rights Advocates, who successfully negotiated a settlement with the City of Oakland to improve disaster planning for people with d...
Feb 05, 2010•4 min
Will people with disabilities, seniors and low-income folks benefit if the health care bill is passed? After nine months of political wrangling and back door deals, the US congress was set to put a universal national system for health care insurance in place. Then, Massachusetts’ voters sent a Republican to congress and everything changed. As we linger in the morass of Congressional uncertainty, we talk with Bob Kafka, a national organizer for the grassroots disability organization, ADAPT. He’ll...
Jan 29, 2010•4 min
Sticks and Stones—and labels, misconceptions, intolerance, and abuse by systems set up to help. Violence and abuse statistics are shocking! It takes more than a child's playground chant for people with disabilities to ward off the physical and emotional pain instigated by societal and institutional bias. The truth is blatant and clear. People with disabilities are ill-served or not served at all bydomestic violence agencies. Violence and abuse are ignored by traditional non-profit disabilityorga...
Jan 15, 2010•4 min
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Jan 08, 2010•4 min
Carolyn Epple lives with bladder cancer and a neurological disease she calls a 'stupid chess partner'. She joins Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby for a humorous conversation about being prescribed live tuberculosis virus, the discovery that her cancer drug was out-of-stock and a dinner party conversation about vacuum cleaners. Just a day in the life… The post Pushing Limits – It’s The Attitude appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 01, 2010•4 min
