Pushing Limits – May 7, 2010

“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 Baer, Philip Smith, and many others.   Shelley Berman and Adrienne Lauby join a meetingorganized to oppose the fiendish AB 2072 and learnthe context of that fight.  This law would send parentsof newborn deaf and hard-of-hearing children down apath to partial fixes, medical intervention and adultisolation.  The deaf community shines a light on thelesser-known road of ASL where adults communicatewith fluency and affection.   More information about AB 2072(http://www.opposeab2072.com/)   On our blog after the program:A deaf resource listAnd, transcript of the program   http://pushinglimitsradio.blogspot.com   Archives of this program:http://www.kpfa.org/pushing-limits   Podcast and Live Streaming:www.kpfa.org   Pushing Limits is produced collectively andopen to new members.  Contact us. Tell uswhat you think about what you hear.     (510) 848-6767 ext. 636pushinglimits@kpfa.org The post Pushing Limits – May 7, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.