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KPFA - Pushing Limits

A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.

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Bay Area Disability Happenings – Pushing Limits –...

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2025/01/17

On this week’s program, Pushing Limits is diving into the heart of the Bay Area disability community with two local guests who are making a mighty impact.First, we’ll hear from Scott Simpson, President of the Board of Directors for KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) San Francisco. KEEN empowers children with disabilities through swimming and a variety of other adaptive sports. Learn how this innovative program builds confidence, fosters friendships, and inspires joy for kids and their families. Dr

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The Caregiver’s Perspective: Dean Starmer – Pushing...

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2025/01/10

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to take care of someone else with major physical needs? Just like any relationship, the caregiver-patient relationship is a two-way street. Usually we bring you the voice of the “patient” on our program, but today we’re mixing it up.During the interview, Dean talks about his clients. Some of them have different mobility disabilities; others have diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, and various injuries. One younger client hadn’t had a regular

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Pushing Limits – January 3, 2025

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2025/01/03

A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public.The post Pushing Limits – January 3, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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2024 in Review – Pushing Limits – December 27, 2024

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2024/12/27

As Bugs Bunny once said, “tha-that’s all folks!” 2024 has come to a close, and the Pushing Limits gang is looking forward to making next year even better. As we get ready to turn a new leaf, we invite you to join the crew as we look back at what we learned and appreciated about this year as we plan our goals out for next year.In this holiday special, host and producer Denny Daughters interviews all your favorite Pushing Limits producers, editors, script writers, and hosts. Plus, there’s a year-end

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One-Handing Life – Pushing Limits – December 20, 2024

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2024/12/20

Victor McConnellLife is full of inconveniences, and it’s up to us as individuals to respond to those inconveniences. That’s how Victor McConnell looks at life anyways. Despite being born and orphaned in Russia without his entire left arm and shoulder, he is a successful IT consultant, photographer, and musician. On today’s program, we learn what it’s like to experience life without an arm. Plus, we get a taste of Victor’s optimism and spunk. Don’t miss the finale—where Victor lets his music do the

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Beyond the Buzzword: Self-Advocacy in Action –...

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2024/11/29

Self-advocacy by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has become a big part of the disability movement’s approach to this part of our community. Essentially it means that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can and should be supported to speak for themselves, help make policy, serve on boards, and more.Sadly, too often organizations use the term “Self Advocate” simply to get grants or “street cred”. Today’s guest, Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, helped make

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Musicians With All Types Of Disabilities – Pushing...

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2024/11/22

Did you know some of the most iconic musicians in history lived with disabilities? Beethoven composed masterpieces despite losing his hearing. Stevie Wonder, blind from infancy, redefined soul music. Rick Allen of Def Leppard turned a tragedy into triumph, playing the drums with one arm after a car accident.Accordingly, this Friday, November 22, Pushing Limits brings you a unique musical journey spotlighting incredible artists from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Explore how their creativity and

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Eviction: Your Day in Court – Pushing Limits –...

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2024/11/15

Erin Nguyen NeffYou may be fortunate enough to live somewhere where strong advocacy by tenant groups has taken away a landlord’s ability to throw you out of your home for any reason whatsoever. It’s called “Just Cause Protection.” Sonoma County and Antioch recently adopted Just Cause ordinances and Alameda County has had Just Cause protection for many years. But, even with this protection, evictions still happen. Someday you may be the person who wakes up to a three-day eviction notice tacked

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Power Soccer Programming – Pushing Limits – November...

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2024/11/08

When you think of professional athletes, some of the names that come to mind may include the likes of LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Tom Brady. However, athletes living with disabilities can be just as impressive as their able-bodied counterparts, yet they don’t seem to get the same level of attention. So in an effort to change this, on today’s program we are talking with a national power soccer champion.Ulices Arreola is a twenty-year-old who starts at wing for the LA Galaxy Power Soccer

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Devilish Details for Disabled People: Project 2025 –...

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2024/11/01

The rise of right-wing power in the U.S. is the culmination of a 50 year plan to seize the reins of government power in the U.S. It has succeeded in the Supreme Court and, who knows, could take the Presidency and both House and Senate at Tuesday’s election. As the plan becomes actualized, the Heritage Foundation has gifted us with the next step – a plan for a radical restructuring of our legal and regulatory bodies written in a document called Project 2025.Unless you are inclined to policy

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Invisible Disabilities – Pushing Limits – October 25,...

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2024/10/25

When we think of disability, we often associate it with stereotypical signifiers such as wheelchairs, handicap placards, and walking canes. We see these things when we are in public and they communicate to us that the person these things belong to lives with a disability. But, what happens when we don’t see these signifiersThat is exactly what we’re going to get into on this week’s program. Our guest this week is Theresa Rodgers and she lives with three invisible disabilities. They include

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Superfest & The Longmore Institute – Pushing Limits –...

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2024/10/18

This Saturday, the longest running disability film festival in the world begins. Whether online or in person, you’re sure to see diverse, unabashed and engaging cinema.In the two decades of Pushing Limits, we’ve watched the ethos of disability organizing from the 1970s be embraced by a new generation of disabled cultural workers and organizations. Superfest’s parent, the Longmore Institute at S.F. State, with its new disability cultural center is one keeper of these flames. Our guest this week, Dr

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Project 2025 – Disability Issues, Pushing Limits –...

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2024/10/11

Project 2025 calls for massive changes in our government, and as usual, massive change would bring massive problems for people with disabilities. We talk about the hidden, and not so hidden, effect of this plan on our community.Project 2025, created by the Heritage Foundation has been called the blueprint for the next Trump administration. Within the document’s 900+ pages are calls for banning abortion, dismantling Medicare, taking down the Department of Education and giving the president the power

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SMA: A Deep Dive – Pushing Limits – October 4, 2024

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2024/10/04

How would you live your life if you knew you were going to die by the time you were 30? Would that affect the choices you make, the relationships you have, the way you look at every day?Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a degenerative neuromuscular condition that is the number one genetic killer of babies. It is extremely rare and the probability of being born with it is about 0.0001. On today’s program, we’re going to learn all about this disease that until recently was not even being tested

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Special Fund Drive Programming – September 27, 2024

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2024/09/27

Please donate online at kpfa.org or by calling 1800-439-5732The post Special Fund Drive Programming – September 27, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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Special Fund Drive Programming

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2024/09/20

Today’s episode of Pushing Limits is preempted by fall 2024 special fund drive programming.The post Special Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

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Special Fall Fund Drive Programming

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2024/09/13

Today’s episode of Pushing Limits is preempted by a 2024 fall fund drive special.The post Special Fall Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

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Interpreting Life With SMA – Pushing Limits –...

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2024/09/06

“Hola, mi nombre es Nohemy y hoy seré su intérprete”, or “Hello, my name is Nohemy and I’ll be your interpreter today”. That’s what Nohemy says to her clients as an interpreter for her local court system.Nohemy 1 On this week’s program, she will be sharing with us how she found this career path despite living with a rare neuromuscular condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. We will also be discussing how it has affected her ability to work over her lengthy and diverse career given the fact that

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Emergency Preparedness – Pushing Limits – August 30,...

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2024/08/30

Sometimes, the best way to get ready is to stay ready. Those of us in the disability community know especially well how life can throw us curveballs, and we’ve got to be ready for anything.On that note, join us this Friday, August 30th, as we talk about emergency preparedness. Denny Daughters will interview Sheela Gunn who is an Emergency Preparedness Coordinator at The Center For Independent Living here in Berkely. They talk about the differences between an emergency and a disaster. If it seems

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Friendly Like Me – Pushing Limits – August 23, 2024

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2024/08/23

Spoiler alert: the world is inaccessible. Often, those in the disability community and with access needs struggle to go where they want to when they want to. We often have our entire days planned out around our needs. Additionally, it’s difficult to decide to go somewhere if you don’t know how accessible it is. Our guest today is making an effort to fix this problem by using technology.Elysia Everett Elysia Everett is a technologist and founder of the free to use app and website, Friendly Like Me

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