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Category Archives: Portraits
Opening the Heart – Surgery
Friday, June 9, 2023. 2:30-3 pm, PDT KPFA. radio Alex Rush, 81 years old, recently went under the knife and had his chest pried open. Doctors call this open heart surgery. Hearts are complicated and, when hearts are exposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Community, Individual disease and identity groups, Music, Portraits, Seniors, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Adrienne Lauby, Alex Rush, Ellen Rush, Open heart surgery, Shelley Berman
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Robert Bouvard
Listen, Friday, November 11, 2:30 pm, KPFA Radio Is that old neighborhood guy a wheelchair-using amputee? Robert Bouvard, aka Robbie Ross Or a man in an impeccably tailored formal gown with Oscar-caliber make-up and hair? Robert Bouvard is both. … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibilty, Adaptive Aids, Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Caretakers/Attendents, Community, Dance, History, Individual disease and identity groups, Portraits, Seniors, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability, Travel
Tagged Apollo Theater, Broadway, Drag queens, Female Impersonators, Jewel Box Revue, leg amputee, low vision, Robert Bouvard, Suzie Paisley Colville
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Ted Jackson – E.D. of Berkeley Independent Living Center
Listen (29 min) Ted Jackson Disability Activists in Berkeley made history in 1972 when they opened the first Independent Living Center in the country. All U.S. states and territories now have multiple Independent Living Centers. Numerous people have served as … Continue reading
Posted in Disability Organizations, Eddie Ytuarte, Portraits
Tagged Berkeley Independent Living Center, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, CIL, Eddie Ytuarte, Fruitvale Independent Living Center, Ted Jackson
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Neil Marcus – In Memoriam
Neil Marcus leaning against a dark reflective background, on which we see his reflection. Courtesy of Neil Marcus and Gary Ivanek. Today we celebrate the life of actor and playwright, Neil Marcus who died last November. Born with dystonia, a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Comedy, Dance, Disability Culture, Disability Culture, Film, Historical Exhibit, Individual disease and identity groups, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Mark Romoser, Portraits, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Eric Kupers, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Katie Voice, Mark Romoser, Neil Marcus, Petra Kuppers, Rob Lathim, Storm Reading
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“Golem Girl” with Riva Lehrer
Listen, Friday, January 28, 2:30 pm PST on KPFA Riva Lehrer is an artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment, sexuality, or gender identity have … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Disability Culture, Disability Culture, Individual disease and identity groups, Poetry & Prose, Portraits
Tagged Alice Wong, Carrie Sandahl, Lennard Davis, Nadina LaSpina
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“Plain Jane – The Shockumentary”
Jane Hash Today’s show features Plain Jane: The Shockumentary, a film by Jane Hash, who is anything but plain. Join host Mark Romoser as he talks with Jane Hash. Find out why it’s called the Shockumentary. Spoiler alert: Mermaids are … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Community, Individual disease and identity groups, Mark Romoser, Movie, Portraits, Visual
Tagged Jane Hash, Little People, Mark Romoser, Plain Jane - The Shockumentary
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“Such a Pretty Girl” with Nadina LaSpina (funddrive edition)
For this program, we bring back long-time disability activist, Nadina LaSpina, to talk more about her memoir, Such a Pretty Girl: a Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride. LaSpina has worked with several disability activist groups including ADAPT, Disabled … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibilty, Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Americans with Disabilities Act, Individual disease and identity groups, Poetry & Prose, Politics, Portraits, Protest, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged "Such a Pretty Girl", ADAPT, Commonwealth Club, Disability History, Disabled In Action, Nadina LaSpina, The Disability Caucus
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Tell Congress to Support the ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Shaman Woman’s an activist. Shaman Woman’s a person living with diabetes. Shaman Woman’s a homeless person. And Shaman Woman’s a lawyer.
Listen and meet this remarkable woman. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Community, Housing, Portraits, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Homeless Action!, homeless civil rights, Homeless movement
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“Lab Girl” with Hope Jahren
Listen (59 min) Hope Jahren, author of the best selling memoir, Lab Girl, joins us for an hour of discussion about mental illness, plants, and the life of a woman scientist. Shelley Berman, Josh Elwood, Sheela Gunn-Cushman, Adrienne Lauby and … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Mark Romoser, Mental Disability, Poetry & Prose, Portraits, Science, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Shelley Berman
Tagged Hope Jahren, Lab Girl
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Recovery and Disability
Friday, Dec. 1, 2:30-3 pm PST on KPFA Laurie joins us to talk about how living with diabetes, the Epstein-Barr virus, fibromyalgia and other physical problems has been improved by her long-time participation in 12-step anonymous recovery programs. “I used … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Portraits, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged 12-Step Programs, Overeaters Anonymous
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