September 01, 2023

The Stuttering Bus Driver – Pushing Limits – September 1, 2023

29 minutes

First: Imagine driving a 60-foot, 21-ton vehicle through the crowded, energetic streets of San Francisco on a daily basis.

Next: Imagine doing it while stuttering every time you speak.

This is the daily life of Dustin Wells.

Dustin Wells describes himself as a happy man. Did you imagine that?

Hear more about Dustin’s years of silence and shame, and the support and philosophy that has moved him beyond all that.

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We proudly air another episode of the podcast, “Proud Stutter” produced and hosted by Maya Chupkov.

Quinn Greenhaus and Kristin Evans helped produce the Proud Stutter audio. Adrienne Lauby hosts for Pushing Limits.

Judith Lesner

On Wednesday, August 30th we lost one the most dedicated allies of the disability rights movement. Judith Lesner worked at Camp Jened (also known as Crip Camp) while in college and was outside the history-making Section 504 Sit In of the San Francisco Federal Building in 1977. Throughout her life, Judith Lesner worked tirelessly to educate people about the importance of disability inclusion. In later years she taught workshops to thousands of parents about how to advocate for their children’s rights in school settings.

Her biggest desire was to see other movements for social justice working in coalition with the disability rights movement. “Where are the people with disabilities?”, she would often ask while attending an anti-war or women’s rights protest in the Bay Area. She emailed countless lefty activists to ask them why didn’t mention disability in their book or rally speech. She often said that every other group under the sun got mentioned except people with disabilities.

To pay tribute to Judith Lesner, please keep pointing out those in the movement who claim to be for social justice but never talk about disability. As she would say, if you don’t have any disability politics, it’s never too late to learn. Please pick up a book by Alice Wong, Leroy Moore, or watch the movie Crip Camp. If you don’t, an old Jewish lady will come down from heaven and speak severely to you.

Here’s to Judith Lesner and the eventual fall of capitalism and the liberation of all including those with disabilities.

Judith Lesner’s political history.

Interview by Tina Lemmon, CSUMB Student

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27IBSFoSBr8&t=5s

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