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Building Solidarity Between the Disabled and the Left

The Good, The Bad, and The Inaccessible  We talk with two advocates about their experience working in progressive movements where disability is not the primary focus. Maya Chupkov has worked as an organizer on issues such as affordable housing and … Continue reading

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Hunting the Elusive State Job

For many years the unemployment rate of people with disabilities has hovered around 70%.   It seems that every few years, a public official announces initiatives  to address this statistic by hiring ten people, or thousands of people with disabilities for … Continue reading

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CARE Court Equals Oppression

LISTEN (29 min) Our governor is racing through the legislature with a bill that will bring huge changes in how homeless people are treated in California.  The so-called Care Court bill is quickly moving through the committees in both senate … Continue reading

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Micah Peace – White Disabled Activists Combat Racism

April 8, 2:30-3 pm PDT on KPFA radio White disabled activists combating racism against the non-white disabled community is the topic of this edition of Pushing Limits radio program.  Producer/host Eddie Ytuarte will interview Micah Peace, a co-coordinator of Disability … Continue reading

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So The State of California Is Requiring Me to Listen to You People

By Jacob Lesner-Buxton “Jacob, help me understand I keep coming to you with all these great ideas, and you won’t bring them up to the advisory committees you are on. You keep saying it is not the right time, or … Continue reading

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High Support Needs? An Interview with Cal Montgomery

In 2005, Cal Montgomery burst into the disability movement as an intellectual who both made sense and was fun to read.  His three-part series on medicalization in the disability magazine, Ragged Edge, took book reviews to a entirely new level.  … Continue reading

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Fighting Normalcy – Interview with Jonathan Mooney

July 2, 2021, 2:30 pm PDT, KPFA Radio Jonathan Mooney tried to fit into the box of normalcy.  It cost him his education, his sense of self, his friendships and nearly his life.  In his opinion, “Normal Sucks.” Jonathan lives … Continue reading

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War, Wheelchairs & Housing

Support Disabled People; Prevent War The stories of people with disabilities are often lost in the midst of armed conflicts, seen as just another tragedy amid the horrors of war.  But a new paper by Human Rights Watch shows a … Continue reading

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Mental Disabilities, Mary Lambert’s Music & More.

Listen (29 min)In this program we play music from Mary Lambert, talk some about being disabled and finding yourself in a yet another crisis, and give a big shout out to those of us with mental disabilities.   We also open … Continue reading

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Beyond Disability Etiquette w/ Laura Millar & Bobbi Pompey

Able-bodied people tend to freeze up when someone with an unfamiliar disability shows up in their environment.  They suddenly turn away, speak foolishly, or bumble too aggressively in our direction.  The result is awkward – and sometime dangerous. Questions arise:  … Continue reading

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