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.
Are you someone with a speech impairment who relishes sharing gossip with friends in public, knowing that those nearby can’t understand you? Do you love using a wheelchair when you speed past walkies to catch a bus? Are you a shy person whose happy when your guide dog breaks the ice with a new friend? … Continued
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We take you to two harsh environments, where people with disabilities only exist through the joys of peer support and imaginative thought. First, we go to Black Rock City in Nevada where, during the week of Labor Day, the annual Burning Man Festival took place. We talk to three people with disabilities, the force behind … Continued
Pushing Limits speaks with Center for Independence Yomi Wrong about the current controversy over the appearance of Governor Jerry Brown to the organization’s fortieth anniversary gala. Despite Brown’s early support of disability rights in his first go around as governor, disability activists (like those from Communities United in Defense of Olmstead) are down on him … Continued
Due to a technical error, this program was a rerun of our 8-17-12 program. Influential personalities like bioethecist Peter Singer have called for the aborting of disabled fetuses and have gone farther in saying it is o.k. to kill infants with serious disabilities like spinal bifida. We want to pursue this topic again but not … Continued
Influential personalities like bioethecist Peter Singer have called for the aborting of disabled fetuses and have gone farther in saying it is o.k. to kill infants with serious disabilities like spinal bifida. We want to pursue this topic again but not in the usual way. We “turn the table” and come to this topic from … Continued
Last year, in 2011, a switch happened. People living in San Francisco with HIV/AIDS had birthdays, and the majority of them were 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 gives … Continued
“Hey man, are you crazy?” “Sister Friend, I think you need some counseling.” “Are you off your medicine bro?” Many of us hear those phrases everyday. They can be said teasingly by friends, or rudely shouted from a car waiting for you to cross the street. Many people hear these phases from doctors and government … Continued
It’s a show about which of us might have been aborted were we born today and about beautiful insects that can destroy your garden. It’s a show about people with disabilities who become greeters at Wal-Mart and what it’s like to live with (central) auditory processing disorder. In other words, it’s a program as untamed … Continued
Fireworks. Parties. Ceremonies. A day off work for many. These are the various shades of Independence Day. Friday June 29th on Pushing Limits, hosts Leah Gardner and Jacob Lesner-Buxton ask our listeners and other program contributors to share their stories of independence. While we celebrate freedom, we also discuss those things that may threaten our … Continued
