Monthly Archives: July 2012

I am Too Revolutionary to Care about Disability Rights

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Adrienne

By Jacob Lesner-Buxton The California bay area has affinity groups for everything. If you have a problem, hold on, advocates from another community are ready to sweep in and help. Do you remember the Philippine Community for Gay Rights, United … Continue reading →

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We’re Not Crazy, the System Is

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Adrienne

Listen 28 min “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’re said teasingly by friends or rudely shouted from a car waiting … Continue reading →

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Gene Sharee

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Adrienne

Gene Sharee, a member of the Pushing Limits collective for many years, came to the end of his life at age 97 on June 15, 2012. Memorial September 16, 12:30 p.m. Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists on the corner of Cedar … Continue reading →

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The Wild World of Disability on the Internet

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Adrienne

Listen (28 min)   Mike Ervin writes at Smart Ass Cripple or, (as the FCC requires)  “Smart Patootie Cripple.” And Andrea Ray posts at Andrea\’s Buzzing About.   It’s a show about which of us might have been aborted were we … Continue reading →

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