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This Friday on Pushing Limits, we’re continuing our journey through The History of Adaptive Technology for the Blind — Part 2!  Denny Daughters talks with Mike Tanner about the technology that helped transform everyday life for blind people from the 1990s into the early 2000s. They’ll talk about c…

  In the U.S. over 38 million individuals live with diabetes and, in California, more than 10% the adult population live with the disease.  On the 27th of this month, the Tour de Cure bike race fundraiser takes off from Palo Alto.  It’s 670 people and 63 teams of bicyclists.  It’s speed, glamour,…

A wheelchair isn’t just a way to get around. To a dancer, it’s also a tool for creating art, movement, and beauty.  As AXIS Dance approaches its 40th year of dance performance, the venerable East Bay dance organization will be featured in the Sept. 4 edition of Pushing Limits. For four decades, AX…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) currently has 65,765 people locked in their detention warehouses. We wondered how many were disabled and what the conditions are for them. We wanted to find out what is being done to keep people out of detention centers in the first place. We went l…

We call our news highlight program Disability in MAGA Land. That’s because, frankly, the news for people with disabilities these days is almost completely related to bad decisions by the right-wing Trump Administration. But sometimes… Sometimes, we see the world differently than many other lefty K…

The current state of disability rights wouldn’t be what it is without the rich history and the strong individuals who pushed the movement forward. But what about the future? Who is propelling us into the next era of disability rights?   On this week’s program, Dominick Trevethan attempts to answe…

In 1981, longtime disability activist Jean Stewart guest edited a special issue of the legendary folk music magazine Sing Out!, featuring folk musicians and songwriters whose work explored disability themes. Though Sing Out! is no longer in publication, Jean remains a cherished friend of Pushing Li…

What did it take for blind people to gain access to computers before modern day screen readers and smartphones? Join Denny Daughters as he talks with Mike Tanner, a blind educator who teaches blind and visually impaired students in Southern California, about the evolution of adaptive technology for…

“Sexual violence is not just an issue within the disability community — it’s a defining issue.”   Margaux Sorenson     “Historically the intersectionality of disability and race was overlooked by [both] the civil rights and disability movements.” Nancy Williams-Nettles   What brings them t…