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January 18, 2013 Veterans Talk about PTSD
“The Invisible War,” a film about military sexual abuse of women, has been nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature and one in five women in military service who have been the
victim of sexual assault. Incredibly, women who’ve been sexually abused in military service have a higher incidence of PTSD than men who’ve been in combat.
This week, Pushing Limits tells one of these stories with an interview of Pat O’Daly, the first Air Force woman to work airplane mechanics on a flight line. Thirty-five years later, she continues to
deal with PTSD as a result of the sexual harassment.
We continue speaking about PTSD with Vietnam-era veterans Jim Swasey and Sunny Campbell. Our producer Steve Howdyshell also reads and discusses poems by fellow Gulf War veteran Bob Tryan.
Hosted by Shelley Berman. Produced by Steve Howdyshell. Production help by Adrienne Lauby.
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January 04, 2013 California’s Systems Change Network
What is the Systems Change Network in California and how does it support the disability community. Teresa Favuzzi, executive director of the California Foundation of Independent Living Centers will give details about this network which invloves 28 state Independent Living Centers. Favuzzi’s CFILC administers the federal grant that maintains the project.
How will any changes in the Network affect the capacity of the Independent Living Centers to continue the work? Will the continuing work of the Systems Change Network leave a lasting imprint that will be felt by the millions of Californians with disabilities?
Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte and Adrienne Lauby with production help from Sheela Gunn-Cushman.
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December 21, 2012 Veteran’s Healing PTSD Together
Veterans Healing PTSD Together. “They taught me that I could hurt somebody and I don’t want to hurt anybody.” Veteran Jim Swazye.
Six white Vietnam Vets, disabled by their military service, talk about PTSD. They discuss anger and helping each other, as well as reaching out to other vets trapped in rage and shame.

As the national discussion of the 26 senseless killings in Connecticut seethes on, these men continue to walk their winding and often arduous path to peace. Guests: Sunny Campbell, Larry Kozlowski, Jim O’Neil, Jim Swasey, Kerry Oswald, Steve Weigert, & Patrick Reilly, PhD.
The veterans are part of an anger management group at the Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Santa Rosa, CA. That clinic is a satellite of the San Francisco Veteran’s Medical Center.
Hosted by Shelley Berman. Produced by Steve Howdyshell and Shelley Berman. Editing help from Sheela Gunn-Cushman & Adrienne Lauby.
This program is dedicated to Dylan Hockley, a Special Needs Student, and Anne Marie Murphy, a Special Education Teacher both of whom were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012
Patrick Reilly is the director of Mental Health for the Santa Rosa Clinic. For a free download of his book visit our website, Pushinglimits.org. Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients by Patrick Reilly, PhD and Michael Shopshire PhD (2002) with Participant Workbook by Patrick M. Reilly, Ph.D. Michael S. Shopshire, Ph.D. Timothy C. Durazzo and Ph.D. Torri A. Campbell
(2008)
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December 07, 2012 “Healing Homes” and “Tumor Boy”
Head trauma and emotional trauma. . . this week we take a look. . . with hope and humor.
We feature:
“Healing Homes”, a feature-length documentary film directed by Daniel Mackler, chronicles the work of the Family Care Foundation in Gothenburg, Sweden — a program which, in an era of multi-drug cocktails and psychiatric diagnoses-for-life, helps people recover from psychosis without medication or labels.
“Tumor Boy” is the story of John Healy’s experience of being diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 25. More than a decade later, he gives us the wry, short version. If you have a head injury, dyslexia, or long, wordy books just aren’t your thing, “Tumor Boy gives you all the fun of reading without having to carry a 3 pound book around for weeks.
This hour-long fund drive special is co-hosted by Shelley Berman, Adrienne Lauby and Sheela Gunn Cushman.

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November 30, 2012 Managed Care: California’s Dual Eligibles and Medicare
People receiving MediCal are required to use a managed care plan for health care. Now, California is sending another quarter of its poorest and most vulnerable citizens into the for-profit system.
Those whose health care is paid for by both Medicare and MediCal, the so-called dual eligibles, are being hustled down the road toward managed care.
Many see this as a state-mandated nightmare. And, there are many affected who, for better or worse, know nothing about it yet. Today, we’re going to pull apart the strands of this knotty topic
and let you know what is coming, how dangerous (or harmless) it is, and what you can do to help protect yourselves and your loved ones.
Guests:
Michelle Rousey, Advisory Committee Chair, Alameda County Public Authority
John Stansbury, Administrator, California IHSS Consumer Alliance. (CICA)
Plus, in just a week on December 7, the national period for Medicare open enrollment closes for another year. We talk to retired teacher, Jean Blake, one of the millions who are faced with the difficult decision of choosing a health care plan in the swamp of complicated and over-lapping bureaucracies.
Hosted by Adrienne Lauby
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November 16, 2012 Fatness and Fitness
Three women take a frank look at a fitness challenge geared towards fat people. They talk about how weight interacts with their disabilities. How does the judgment and disdain of society toward fat people get in the way of heath and fitness? Leti Flores, Cora Neal and host Shelley Berman share their personal “Biggest Loser” moments — the good, the bad and the hopeful.
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October 19, 2012 Who Has the Best Disability – Call In
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?
Whatever your disability, Pushing Limits is opening the phones so you can tell the world what’s great about it.
October is homecoming month so let’s have a pep rally for our disabilities! Call us at (510) 848-4425 and tell us what you love about your disability.
Why is your disability the best? Call us!
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October 05, 2012 Pushing Limits – Fund Drive Special
Fund Drive Special

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September 21, 2012 Disability at Burning Man; ‘Coyote Healer, Coyote Curandero’
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 the Black Rock
City Department of Mobility, a volunteer camp for people with disabilities who provide free and barter disability services for others who are attending the festival. What’s it like to push a
wheelchair around the Playa? How can you refrigerate your insulin? Dani Moore, Wayne Merchant and Kevin Lee provide some answers as they share their Burning Man excitement.
Then, a discussion of revolution, community, limitation and success with local author Mariana Ruybalid, the author of “Coyote Healer, Coyote Curandero.” The book narrates the adventures of
Martin, a young boy of mixed heritage living with cerebral palsy. Placed in the near future, Ruybalid’s novel describes a time when white evangelicals rule the U.S. and her protagonist, Martin,
faces death as a minority and a person with a disability. Part coming-of-age story, part revolutionary vision, Martin’s adventures will bring him to a clearer sense of his flaws as well as
his abilities. It’s a book grounded in Ruybalid’s long life as a woman with disability and a minority identity.
Adrienne Lauby produces and hosts.
Black Rock City Department of Mobility
http://brcmobility.com/
Coyote Healer, Coyote Curandero by Mariana Ruybalid
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12387940-coyote-healer-coyote-curandero
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September 07, 2012 Controversy at Berkeley’s Center for Independent Living
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 for the way he is conducting himself this go around. And they do not like it that CIL has showcased him for this fundraiser.
CIL board member Jed Appleman and Zona Roberts, mother of Ed Roberts, are also interviewed. Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte.
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