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.
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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.
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? … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
