Category Archives: Sports

Disability and Sports

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) How  do sports effect you as a disabled person? Are you a player/doer? Spectator? Do sports and things about them encourage/discourage you? Do you feel that you can’t participate? Do you wish you  could? How do the … Continue reading →

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Sprint Kayaking – Dorian Taylor

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen (23 min) Paralympic hopeful, Dorian Taylor has heard a cacophony of NO in life but Dorian Taylor is a force of YES. Dorian speaks with humor and finesse about competitive kayaking and life on the spectrum — both gender … Continue reading →

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Fat, Fit and Disabled

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Adrienne

Listen  29 minutes Three women take a frank look at a fitness challenge geared towards fat people.  They talk about how weight interacts with their disabilities.  And how the judgment and disdain of society toward fat people gets in the … Continue reading →

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“Going for Gold” and Other Athletics

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Adrienne

Listen (28 min) Going For Gold: This is Kamilla Ryding’s quest.  In 2008, she and her Danish goalball team fell just shy of this goal at the Paralympics in Beijing.   Ryding and Team Denmark are back on the court … Continue reading →

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Biking While Blind

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Adrienne

Listen After countless broken bones, a double organ transplant and sight loss, Bobby McMullen doesn’t just ride his bike; this daredevil is a human cliffhanger. He joins Pushing Limits hosts, Raphaella Bennin and Leah Gardner to talk about his life … Continue reading →

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PLAY BALL!

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Adrienne

LISTEN 29 min. One-handed big league pitcher, Jim Abbott,(1989-1999) joins us for a discussion of disability in professional baseball. Also, current Oakland A’s stars Mark Ellis and Eric Chavez talk about the reality of playing baseball with disabilities. A few … Continue reading →

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Get In The Game

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Adrienne

Listen 28 min. Who says a one-armed man can’t pitch a no-hitter or shoot for the net in a Division I college basketball game? Who says a deaf man can’t wield the bat in a major league baseball game? And … Continue reading →

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