KPFA - Pushing Limits

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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Disabled In ICE Detention Center – Pushing Limits – August 15, 2025

August 15, 2025 • 29 mins
A second investigation by Disability Rights California (DRC) has once again revealed inhumane conditions at a southern California ICE detention center imprisoning immigrants. The facility is called Adelanto Detention Center and is owned and operated by a private company: The GEO Group. DRC investigators found the following conditions: Inadequate Access to Medical and Mental Health Care and Disability Accommodations Inadequate Acce...
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Disabled Musicians—Unfiltered Tracks – Pushing Limits – August 8, 2025

August 8, 2025 • 29 mins
Well, it’s that time of year again, folks. Time to boogie to your favorite artists with disabilities, but with a twist! This week on Pushing Limits, it’s all about musicians with all types of disabilities, and the best part is that the songs you’ll hear aren’t available on any streaming services. Among the disabilities represented in our lineup are blindness, multiple sclerosis, drug addiction, and Meniere’s disease. Make sure to t...
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When Magic Meets Barriers — Access Denied at Disney Parks – Pushing Limits – August 1, 2025

August 1, 2025 • 29 mins
The Most Magical Place on Earth… for everyone? Or are recent changes turning Disney into a place of exclusion for disabled guests? Charisma On this week’s episode of Pushing Limits, Talia Thompson Mariano sits down with Natasha Caudill and Charisma Mangahas to explore the fallout from Disney’s controversial overhaul of its Disability Access Service (DAS). Are these new policies protecting the system—or punishing those who truly nee...
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The Lens of Language – Pushing Limits – July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025 • 29 mins
The Sapir Wharf Hypothesis is a lens through which communication scholars often observe and predict cultures‘ language and worldviews. It states that language determines a native speaker’s perception and categorization of experience. But what does this mean when it’s applied to people living with disabilities, the language we choose to communicate with, and the language others choose to describe us? Jacob Farzanmehr Jazmin Romero J...
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The Intersection Between Disability & Queerness – Pushing Limits – July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025 • 29 mins
In recent years, significant progress has been made in both disability rights and Krispjin Parsons LGBTQ+ visibility. However, the intersection of these identities remains an area that is often overlooked. On today’s show, we welcome Krispjin Parsons, a gay man on the autism spectrum, who shares his personal journey navigating life at the crossroads of queerness and neurodiversity. Through candid reflections on both the challenges ...
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Sudden Changes – Pushing Limits – July 4, 2025

July 4, 2025 • 29 mins
What would you do if your world slowly started going silent—and you didn’t know why? This week on Pushing Limits, we bring you the story of Claire, a young student in Utah who began losing her hearing in fifth grade, despite having no family history of disability. When Claire was in fifth grade, she noticed the hearing in her right ear dropped, followed by her left ear. Now entering ninth grade, Claire reflects on her journey of ob...
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SMA: Weak Muscles—Stronger Voices – Pushing Limits – June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025 • 29 mins
What happens when the care you need to survive just isn’t available? Across the U.S., millions of disabled people are facing a growing caregiver shortage—a crisis that makes independent living harder, sometimes impossible. For those with complex physical disabilities like Spinal Muscular Atrophy, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Kevin Schaefer This week on Pushing Limits, we talk with Kevin Schaefer—a disability advocate, writer, and...
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Disability Happenings – Pushing Limits – June 20, 2025

June 20, 2025 • 29 mins
What happens when psychiatric hospitals use restraints and drugs in ways that violate the rights of disabled patients? What does it mean when unhoused disabled people are forced to navigate city services from tents on the sidewalk? And is the Bay Area transit system finally listening to disabled riders? This Friday on Pushing Limits, Eddie Ytuarte and Talia Mariano take you on a fast-paced tour through some of the most pressing dis...
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The State of DEIA Under Trump 2.0 – Pushing Limits – June 13, 2025

June 13, 2025 • 29 mins
This Friday on Pushing Limits, we dig into the escalating attacks on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA) under the Trump administration. As backlash spreads nationwide, what does it mean for the disability community? Desiree Delonia Our guest, Desiree Delonia, Director of DEIA at Disability Rights California (DRC), joins us to unpack what DEIA really is, why it matters, and how DRC is pushing back against efforts to dis...
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Inclusive Arts Clubhouse – Pushing Limits – June 6, 2025

June 6, 2025 • 29 mins
On this edition of Pushing Limits, we speak with Grace Fisher — a gifted artist, founder of Santa Barbara’s Inclusive Arts Clubhouse, and owner of the Grace Fisher Foundation. At 17, Grace’s life changed overnight when she was paralyzed from the neck down by Acute Flaccid Myelitis, a rare polio-like illness. During her rehabilitation, she discovered adaptive music and art — a turning point that would shape her future. In 2023, driv...
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Locked In and Let Down in Cerritos – Pushing Limits – May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025 • 29 mins
How far can a California private psychiatric hospital go in violating the rights and safety of people with disabilities—without being held accountable? A new report from Disability Rights California (DRC) shines a harsh light on College Hospital in Cerritos (CHC), revealing a disturbing pattern of inappropriate restraint and seclusion, as well as questionable use of involuntary emergency medications. These are not isolated incident...
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Redefining Capable: Life on the Spectrum – Pushing Limits – May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025 • 29 mins
We’re living in a world where our country’s leaders believe that people with learning disabilities will never pay taxes, go on a date, or hold a job. But if you ask people on the spectrum about their capabilities, you’ll likely hear a very different story. On today’s edition of Pushing Limits, we go straight to the source. We talk with Cristopher Campbell, an aspiring paramedic, student at Santa Rosa Junior College, and someone who...
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Making Museums Accessible for All – Pushing Limits – April 25, 2025

April 25, 2025 • 29 mins
Ever visit a museum and feel like it wasn’t built with you in mind? Struggled to read the exhibit text, navigate a gallery space, or find someone who could help — all while being told the place was “accessible”? You’re not alone. And change is possible. Maia Scott This week on Pushing Limits, we’re joined by Maia Scott, a blind educator and disability advocate who’s working to transform how museums serve people with disabilities. M...
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Housing Accommodations, Discrimination, & Action – Pushing Limits – April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025 • 29 mins
Struggling to get your landlord to install a ramp or let you keep a service animal? Ever been denied housing because of your disability, but weren’t sure what to do next? You’re not alone and there are protections in place. Angie Watson-Hajjem This week, Pushing Limits welcomes Angie Watson-Hajjem. She is the Fair Housing Coordinator of ECHO Fair Housing, which serves the San Francisco East Bay. Topics she will talk about include d...
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Social Security: Trapped by the System – Pushing Limits – April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025 • 29 mins
Does the very system that supports you hold you back? There are a plethora of concerns regarding this administration and Social Security. Social Security is a life and death support in our community. Accordingly, disabled advocates have tried to improve Social Security for literally decades with limited success. We don’t have a choice, as we defend this Social Security, we must work to improve it. Did you know Social Security resou...
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Blind-Accessible Testing & Technology – Pushing Limits – April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025 • 29 mins
What are some ways that tests are adapted for blind and visually impaired students? Why do some advocate for students to do math on an abacus rather than a brailler? What’s the difference between the two? This week on Pushing Limits, join Denny Daughters as he discusses testing blind students with Mike Tanner. Mike, who lives with blindness himself, has been teaching blind and visually impaired students for 15 years in Southern Cal...
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The Consequences of Cuts to Medicaid – Pushing Limits – March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025 • 29 mins
In California, 2.3 million people are covered by Medicaid. In addition to covering medical care, the program also helps with transportation costs, in-home care, and access to other community support for persons with disabilities and older adults. But that support is in jeopardy. Currently, Congress is trying to cut this program by $800 billion, which would lead to a major reduction in services. Our guest on this week’s program of P...
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The Legal Fight for Section 504 – Pushing Limits – March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025 • 29 mins
A vital legal protection for people with disabilities is under attack. But a coalition from 15 states is fighting back, filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to gut Section 504 of the federal code. This crucial regulation has been a cornerstone in the battle against discrimination in employment, housing, and more. Claudia Center, legal director at the Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund, joins us to b...
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Epilepsy Enlightenment – Pushing Limits – March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025 • 29 mins
Despite epilepsy being the fourth most common neurological condition, affecting one in twenty-six people globally, there’s a widespread lack of awareness surrounding this disability. This is in large part due to its low visibility in daily life. Many individuals living with epilepsy exhibit little to no visible symptoms that would signal their epilepsy to the people around them. Such is the case with the two guests on this week’s p...
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The Billionaire’s War on Disabled People – Pushing Limits – February 14, 2025

February 14, 2025 • 29 mins
If you are not worried about programs that come from the Federal government, you are not paying attention. Supports for people with disabilities are on the chopping block, everything from Food Stamps to Meals on Wheels to Social Security and Medi-Care. All of it is under threat from the heavy hand of Elon Musk. For our brothers and sisters overseas, these threats became a nightmare in actuality with the Trump Administration’s “Stop...
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