KPFA - Pushing Limits

Nov 01 2024 610 ep. 13 mins 198
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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.

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Devilish Details for Disabled People: Project 2025 – Pushing Limits – November 1, 2024

Nov 01 2024 29 mins  
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 restructur

Invisible Disabilities – Pushing Limits – October 25, 2024

Oct 25 2024 29 mins  
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 signifiers That is exactly what we’re going to get into on this

Superfest & The Longmore Institute – Pushing Limits – October 18, 2024

Oct 18 2024 29 mins  
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 Lon

Project 2025 – Disability Issues, Pushing Limits – October 11, 2024

Oct 11 2024 29 mins  
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 ca

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

Oct 04 2024 29 mins  
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 0.00

Special Fund Drive Programming – September 27, 2024

Sep 27 2024 29 mins  
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Special Fund Drive Programming

Sep 20 2024 29 mins  
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.

Special Fall Fund Drive Programming

Sep 13 2024 29 mins  
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.

Interpreting Life With SMA – Pushing Limits – September 6, 2024

Sep 06 2024 29 mins  
“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 Muscul

Emergency Preparedness – Pushing Limits – August 30, 2024

Aug 30 2024 29 mins  
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 F