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August 31, 2012 “What if They Were Never Born?” (Rerun)
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 in the usual way. We think it is fair and also necessary for us “to turn the table” and come to this topic from the other direction. This is a call in program so we want our listeners with disabilities to pick a living and known person whose mothers should have been more enthusiastic practitioners of birth control, including abortion. Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte, Shelley Berman, and Jacob Lesner-Buxton. The program originally aired Friday, August 17.
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August 17, 2012 “What If They Were Never Born?”
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 the other direction.
This is a call in program so we want our listeners with
disabilities to pick a living and known person whose mothers should have been more enthusiastic practitioners of birth control, including abortion.
Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte, Shelley Berman, and Jacob Lesner-Buxton.
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August 03, 2012 Aging with HIV or AIDS (Rebroadcast)
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 us a heads up on all this with the rebroadcast of Raphaella Bennin’s thoughtful exploration of Aging with HIV or AIDS.
Very little planning has been made to address the needs of this population who’s health, social, financial, and medical needs are different than those of the average senior.
Learn more about what makes these folks unique, and the issues people over 50 with HIV/AIDS are facing.
Bennin speaks with researcher, advocate and long-time survivor Steve Manley, and advocates and long time survivors, F. Ross Woodall, and Loren Jones.
Original air date: April 1, 2011
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July 20, 2012 Mental Disabilities: Peers and Multiple Disability
“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 leaders in ways that are neither cute or funny. What happens when someone with a mental disability smashes into the institutions and services of state and county government. How much help is available? Which state hospitals are more dangerous than jails? Where’s the hope?
We’re joined by Susan Rogers who has been active in the consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement since 1984. Susan is director of the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse, a peer-run national technical assistance center and one of the organizers of the successful Occupy the American Psychiatric Association (APA) protest in May.
Karen Rose is here too. A local therapist who lives with a visual impairment, Karen has spent 28 years in the field of mental health, including many years supervising and counseling graduate
students at John F. Kennedy University and San Francisco State University.
Plus, a new commentary by Jacob Lesner-Buxton on how disability issues fare in left organizations.
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July 06, 2012 Disability Bloggers: Mike Ervin and Andrea Ray
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 and enlightening as the internet itself. With two disability bloggers: Mike Ervin of Smart Ass Cripple or, (as the FCC requires) “Smart Patootie Cripple” and Andrea Ray of Andrea’s Buzzing About. Hosted by Adrienne Lauby.
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June 29, 2012 Stories of Independence – Call In
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 sense of independence. We open the phone lines for your personal thoughts. It’s Independence Day!
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June 15, 2012 Teaching Queer and Disability History
Beginning this January, a groundbreaking law requires the teaching of disability history — and the history of lesbians, gays, bi-sexuals and transgendered people — to be integrated into social studies class work. It’s called the FAIR Education Act. We talk to two women who work with school boards and others to make the requirements of the law just another part of the standard school day.
Guests:
Dolores Tejada, community organizer for
Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL).
Judy Appel, Executive Director of the San Francisco-based,
“Our Family Coalition” working on issues affecting queer families
with children.
With an essay by Jacob Lesner-Buxton.
Produced by Jacob Lesner-Buxton.
Hosted by Leah Gardner and Adrienne Lauby.
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June 01, 2012 “Helen Keller In Love”
Rosie Sultan talks about her recently released book, “Helen Keller in Love.” Although this relationship has been written about in biographies and in Keller’s memoirs, this novel focuses entirely
on the relationship in 1916, just as the U.S. is ready to enter World War One.
Sultan writes in the afterword that all the events in the book did occur. The affair was a short and deep one that would be felt by Keller for the rest of her life.
Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte.
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May 04, 2012 Fund Drive Special
Fund Drive Special

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April 20, 2012 International Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities
Encouraged or discouraged? How do two disabled international postsecondary students feel about their experiences navigating the tricky terrain of life inside and out of the university? The ADA applies to all individuals with disabilities in America, but some fine lines exist that make it more difficult for international students to attain the tools and financial aid that U.S. citizens qualify for. What does living and studying in America mean for them? Join host Leah Gardner for this unique dialog.
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