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Category Archives: relationships
Care Giving: Naomi Ortiz & The East Bay Center for the Blind
Listen (29 min) Those of us who live with a disability are often typecast as burdens. Because we’re limited in some ways, the ways we give to others and participate in community work often go unnoticed. Naomi Ortiz … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Blind, Community, Leah Gardner, relationships, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged East Bay Center for the Blind, Laurie Castner, Leah Gardner, Mike Castner, Naomi Ortiz, Self Care for Social Justice Deep Thinking About Self-Care and Living in Multiple Worlds (Intersectionality)
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Pushing Limits Goes to the Dogs
Listen Who only wishes for you to succeed? Who only wants to fulfill your every need? Who will be there through thick or thin? Your mother? Think again. It’s those guide dogs and service dogs, People. When you’re down they … Continue reading
Posted in Blind, Call In Program, Leah Gardner, Mental Disability, relationships, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged guide dogs, Johanna Ruesli, Service dog Lily, service dogs
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Two Community Bridge-Building Workshops at KPFA
At KPFA – For KPFA Wed. May 29th 6:30 – 9:00pm Sat. June 1st 3:00 – 5:30 pm Facilitated by Alternatives to Violence REGISTRATION INFO: **Space is limited. Advanced Registration required** To register, call Adrienne at: 707) 795-2890 or email … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Community, Disability Justice, Education, relationships
Tagged Alternatives To Violence Project, workshops
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“Tumor Boy” & “Healing Homes”
Friday, Dec 7, 2-3 pm PST 94.1 fm or KPFA.org Head trauma and emotional trauma. . . this week we take a look. . . with hope and humor. An hour-long fund drive special which begins 30 minutes early, at … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Caretakers/Attendents, Community, Head Injuries, Housing, John Healy, Mental Disability, Poetry & Prose, relationships, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged "Healing Homes", "Tumor Boy", Ann-Christin Svensson, brain tumor, Carina Hackansson, Daniel Mackler, Gothenburg Sweden, Jonas Svensson, Olle Jideborn, surgery, Therese Johannsson
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Independence Day
Listen (28 min) Fireworks. Parties. Ceremonies. A day off work for many. These are the various shades of Independence Day. Hosts Leah Gardner and Jacob Lesner-Buxton celebrate freedom while discussing things that may threaten our sense of independence.  Our guests … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Leah Gardner, relationships, resources, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Independence
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Helen Keller In Love
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
Posted in Blind, Caretakers/Attendents, Deaf, Poetry & Prose, relationships, Sexuality
Tagged deaf-blind, Helen Keller, love, Peter Fagan, Rosie Sultan
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Mental Disability Within Occupy
Listen (29 min) The stereotyping of people living with mental disabilities and homeless people during the Occupy encampments could have set our mutual liberation back for decades. If it doesn’t, it will be due to a radically different story from … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Community, Mental Disability, Politics, Protest, relationships
Tagged David Parks, Eve, Herbert Darren, Occupy L.A., Occupy Santa Rosa
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Disabled Vets: Homeless for the Holidays
Listen (Part 1 – 28 min) Listen (Part 2 – 28 min) A look into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the reintegration of our vets at home. Host & Producer Shelley Berman joins disabled vet Steve Howdyshell for a look … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Mental Disability, relationships, Shelley Berman
Tagged community, Disabled Veterans, PTSD, resources, Steve Howdyshell, support group
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