Monthly Archives: November 2014

Visual Artists with Disabilities and Voice Augmentation Tools

Listen (37 min) Vanessa Castro and Tamar Mag Raine, visual artists with disabilities, talk about their paintings, assemblages, mosaics and other work.   They are two of the five artists with disabilities who are participating in the KPFA Crafts Fair, … Continue reading

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The ADA Legacy Bus Rolls On!

Listen (29 min) As the Magna Carta rounds the corner toward its 800th year of existence, The Americans with Disabilities Act, the ADA, (a mere babe of almost 25 years) will celebrate its birth as well.   Photographer Tom Olin has … Continue reading

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Seniors, Disability and Action

Listen 29 min Eddie Ytuarte speaks to Jessica Lehman, executive director of Seniors and Disability Action in San Francisco about the intersection of the disability community and the senior communities.       Ms Lehman is a strong disability activist … Continue reading

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True-to-Life Horror Stories

Listen 29 min On Halloween people go out and about wearing zombie-ghost-vampire costumes, but the disability community knows the true-to-life reality of terror.  In this program, we invited callers to tell stories of medical mistakes, bone-rattling trauma and nightmare drugs. … Continue reading

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