KPFA - Pushing Limits

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April 21, 2017 Non-Violent Direct Action Protest and Disability
[caption id="attachment_260806" align="alignright" width="322"] ADAPT Protesters. Photo courtesy of David Sachs / SEIU[/caption]
ADAPT [1] is a dynamic direct action group that blocks streets, sits in at the offices of D.C. politicos, and raises hell about the rights of disabled people. They bring hundreds of people with disabilities to their national actions.
We talk with ADAPT organizer Bruce Darling about how they do it and how you can work with disabled people for your protests too. Disabled people and the disability rights movement have been protesting for a long time. We bring you the that history. Click here [2]for a Timeline written by Mark Romoser.
[caption id="attachment_260808" align="alignleft" width="296"] Bruce Darling, ADAPT Organizer[/caption]

Bruce Darling is co-founder of the Center for Disability Rights Inc. During his career, he has dealt with a variety of disability issues. He also is a community organizer with ADAPT, a national grassroots community of disability rights activists, and has written a number of public policy analyses on disability rights issues.
Hosts: Mark Romoser and Adrienne Lauby
[1] http://adapt.org/
[2] http://www.pushinglimits.i941.net/?p=1301
30 min
April 07, 2017 Pushing Limits – April 7, 2017
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. Pushing Limits advances the voices of people who live with disabilities. It is produced by a collective of media makers and activists who themselves live with disability.
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5 min
April 07, 2017 Pushing Limits – April 7, 2017
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. Pushing Limits advances the voices of people who live with disabilities. It is produced by a collective of media makers and activists who themselves live with disability.
30 min
March 31, 2017 Disabled Artists of South Africa, Trump on Disability
Josh Elwood talks with Mitch Jeserich about President Trump’s attitude toward disability. Then, we seek out disabled and deaf artists in South Africa with Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Simon Manda.
Leroy F. Moore Jr is the founder of Krip Hop Nation. He recently visited seven South African cities with Simon Manda, the cofounder of THISABILITY, a South African newspaper covering the disabled community.
Mitch Jeserich is host of KPFA’s Letters and Politics.
We also discuss HB 610 a bill that funds a huge attack on public education in the form of voucher programs by directly de-funding education for children with disabilities.
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5 min
March 31, 2017 Disabled Artists of South Africa, Trump on Disability
[caption id="attachment_259246" align="alignright" width="280"] South Africa Tour Poster[/caption]
Josh Elwood talks with Mitch Jeserich about President Trump’s attitude toward disability. Then, we seek out disabled and deaf artists in South Africa with Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Simon Manda.
Leroy F. Moore Jr is the founder of Krip Hop Nation [1]. He recently visited seven South African cities with Simon Manda, the cofounder of THISABILITY [2], a South African newspaper covering the disabled community.
Mitch Jeserich is host of KPFA’s Letters and Politics [3].
We also discuss HB 610 [4] a bill that funds a huge attack on public education in the form of voucher programs by directly de-funding education for children with disabilities.
[1] http://kriphopnation.com/a-journey-to-the-south-south-africa-phase-1/
[2] http://thisability.co.za/
[3] https://kpfa.org/program/letters-and-politics/
[4] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/610/text
30 min
March 24, 2017 Pushing Limits – March 24, 2017
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public.
30 min
March 17, 2017 Autism and Trans Identity
There is a growing nexus between the autism spectrum and trans identity which we’ll explore as we take an in-depth look at the lives of Autistic people in the Bay Area. Host Mark Romoser and guest Tracy Garza are both Autistic. Tracy will outline an initiative to make San Francisco, with its large trans population, into an Autistic-friendly city.
Tracy also will give us a glimpse into a new coping technique for Autistic people. Finally, the two will
talk about the lives of Autistic people taken by caregivers, police and others.
Tracy Garza is a founding member of the Transgender Law Center in San Francisco, a current member of the LGBT advisory committee of the Human Rights Commission of San Francisco and was the emcee of the recent Day of Mourning sponsored by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network.
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5 min
March 17, 2017 Autism and Trans Identity
There is a growing nexus between the autism spectrum and trans identity which we'll explore as we take an in-depth look at the lives of Autistic people in the Bay Area. Host Mark Romoser and guest Tracy Garza are both Autistic. Tracy will outline an initiative to make San Francisco, with its large trans population, into an Autistic-friendly city.
Tracy also will give us a glimpse into a new coping technique for Autistic people. Finally, the two will
talk about the lives of Autistic people taken by caregivers, police and others.
Tracy Garza is a founding member of the Transgender Law Center [1]in San Francisco, a current member of the LGBT advisory committee of the Human Rights Commission of San Francisco and was the emcee of the recent Day of Mourning sponsored by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network.
[1] https://transgenderlawcenter.org
30 min
March 03, 2017 Eli Clare – Grappling with Cure
White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare’s new book, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, questions the typical hostility of the disability movement toward the mythology of The Cure. He explores his rage at the many ways the ‘search for the cure’ has ostracized and limited people with disabilities. But, then he dives deeper.
Based in his own experiences with severe mental disability, numerous conversations, research and his chosen surgery to support a gender change, Clare asks questions that have been taboo within our movement for much too long.
Clare is a nationally-known writer, speaker and teacher who is celebrated for his ability to talk about difficult topics with bruising and unblinking honesty.
Join us to consider your own relationship with “The Cure.”
Produced by Adrienne Lauby, co-hosted by Shelley Berman, Sheela Gunn-Cushman, and Josh Elwood.
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9 min
March 03, 2017 Eli Clare – Grappling with Cure
[caption id="attachment_257300" align="alignleft" width="372"] Eli Clare. Portrait by Riva Lehrer[/caption]
White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare’s new book, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure [1], questions the typical hostility of the disability movement toward the mythology of The Cure. He explores his rage at the many ways the 'search for the cure' has ostracized and limited people with disabilities. But, then he dives deeper.
Based in his own experiences with severe mental disability, numerous conversations, research and his chosen surgery to support a gender change, Clare asks questions that have been taboo within our movement for much too long.
Clare is a nationally-known writer, speaker and teacher who is celebrated for his ability to talk about difficult topics with bruising and unblinking honesty.
Join us to consider your own relationship with "The Cure."
Produced by Adrienne Lauby, co-hosted by Shelley Berman, Sheela Gunn-Cushman, and Josh Elwood.
[1] http://eliclare.com/books/brilliant-imperfection
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A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public. By and About People with Disabilities!