Category Archives: Deaf

Hearing Loss with Punk Rocker, Kathy Peck

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) You remember when the Bay Area was filled with the sounds of punk rock?  So does our guest Kathy Peck.  She played bass for the San Francisco all-woman band The Contractions.  Surprise!  All those loud shows led … Continue reading →

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Taking a Stand: Helga Spizman & Anita Cameron

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Adrienne

Friday, September 22, 2-3 pm PST, KPFA radio Police march down the boulevard chanting “Whose Street? Our Street,” and Oklahoma City police gun down Magdiel Sanchez, a developmentally disabled deaf man, despite neighbors who yell, “He can’t hear you.”   All … Continue reading →

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“Red Diaper Daughter” with Laura Bock

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Adrienne

Friday, May 19, 2-3 pm PST on KPFA Laura Bock is an extraordinary blind white woman whose new memoir, Red Diaper Daughter tells an extraordinary story of three generations of rebels and revolutionaries. She talks about her communist and anarchist … Continue reading →

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Blind Woman with One Working Hand Interviews DeafBlind Lawyer (wink)

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Transcript Attorney Haben Girma works to increase access to technology for people with disabilities.  She helped achieve victory in National Federation of the Blind v. Scribd, one of only two decisions to hold that the ADA applies … Continue reading →

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Eli Clare, author of EXILE AND PRIDE

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Adrienne

Friday, September 18, 2-3 pm PDT on KPFA First published in 1999, the groundbreaking book, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation is essential to the history and future of disability politics. Eli Clare’s revelatory writing about his experiences as … Continue reading →

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Honoring International Disabled Women Musicians

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Adrienne

Listen 29 min In honor of the 2014 celebration of International Women’s Day we play incredible music produced by disabled musicians around the world. Donna Williams is autistic and darn proud of it.  Artistic ability exudes from her pores.   … Continue reading →

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Transcript: American Sign Language and Deaf Communication

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Adrienne

Eddie Ytuarte: Good afternoon this is Eddie Ytuarte here on Pushing Limits on KPFA at Berkeley. This is disability radio by people with disabilities and for disabilities, but this program though, especially we like to have it appeal to all … Continue reading →

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American Sign Language and Deaf Communication

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Adrienne

Listen (28 min) Transcript Following the controversy over the botched sign language “interpretation” at December’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela, Pushing Limits probes into what makes a good sign language professional service in this country. We are seeing more and … Continue reading →

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Community Accountabiity

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Adrienne

Deaf Hope

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Helen Keller In Love

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Adrienne

Listen 28 min   Eddie Ytuarte will talk to Rosie Sultan about her recently released book, Helen Keller in Love.           This relationship has been written about in biographies and in Keller’s autobiography, but the novel delves … Continue reading →

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