Barrier Free Futures: Recent Episodes
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Episodes reflecting health, home/community living, arts/entertainment, legislation, technology, sports and recreation, education and employment activities, events and resources affecting persons with disabilities from a wide range of ages, ethnic and economic backgrounds.
Bob Kafka host of BFF a talk radio podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Charlie Carr who has been a disability rights advocate for over 50 years.
TOPIC: IL Movement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
CONTACT; CharlesCarr@dpcma.org 978 361 6682
TRANSCRIPT - https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
BOB KAFKA HOST OF BFF A TALK RADIO PODCASC ON DISABILITY AGING ISSUES INTERVIEWS MICHAEL GAMEL-MCCORMICK FORMER POLICY DIRECTOR US SENATORS HARKIN AND CASEY.
TOPICS: WHAT IS RECISSION? BUDGET BILL DUE SEPTEMBBER 3OTH BIG BEAUTIFUL UGLY BILL
CONTACT MGM@UDEL.EDU
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues from KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe New Mexico interviews Dereck Heard and Teresa Heard on their new documentary Doodling for Democracy.
CONTACT; Must Be Heard Productions
www.seedandspark.com
Look for Doodling for Democracy
Doodling for Democracy - Film and Storytelling/SeedandSpark
TRANSCRIPT: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka host of BFF KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe interviews Andy imparato CEO Disability Rights Ca and Mary Willard Drector of Operations Ntional Assn of Councils on DD.
Andy and Mary on Centene's National Advisory Committee
TOPIC Medicaid Managed Care
TRANSCRIPT https//bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
ob Kafka, host of BARRIER FREE FUTURES radio/podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Luke Koppisch, Organizer REV UP New Jersey - Deputy Director Alliance Center for Independent Living.,
Topics Governor and Assembly races in New Jersey 2025
Organizing REV UP New Jersey
Contact = lkoppisch@adacil.org
https://www.adacil.org/
Transcript - https;//bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
DISABILITY VOTING RIGHTS WEEK
www.aapd.com/REVUP
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures a talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101,1 Santa, Fe,NM interviews Eleanor Smith, Founder of Concrete Change
Topic: Visitability and status of Affordable, Accessible, Integrated Housing.
Contact; eleanors@mindspring.com
Resource: www,ncil.org VISITABILITY
Transcript: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka host of BFF on disability and aging issues interviews Helena Berger former Director of AAPD and Co Founder REV UP Virgina.
Topics; Power Of the Disability Vote
Contact; helenaberger@verizon.net
Trancript https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Lex Frieden, Director ILRU, UT Health Sciences, Professor, long time advocate.
Topic: The 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it may be threatened under the current adminstration. Lex also shares stories from the passage of the ADA that you may not have heard before.
Contact: lfrienden@bcm.edu
https://www.ilru.org/
Transcript: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures a radio/podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 interviews Colleen Starkloff, long time disability advocate, co-founder with her late husband Max Starkloff of PARAQUAD and the Starkloff Disability Institute
Topic: Employment Implications of the recently passed legislation and other actions by the Trump Adminstration
Contact information: cstarkloff4446@gmail.com
https://starkloff.org/
Transcript of this program: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures Talk Radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Eric Buehlmann Deputy Executive Director for Public Policy National Disability Rights Network
Topic: Implications for the protection and advocacy systems from the Build Back Better bill just passed by Congress and possible reductions in the soon to be passed budget bill.
Contact: Eric Buehlmann eric.buehlmann@ndrn.org
https://www.ndrn.org/
Transcript: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, a talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, interviews Allan Bergman, CEO High Impact Mission Based Consulting.
Topic: Outline of the reductions in Medicaid in the recently passed Big Ugly Bill. Allan describes specific Medicaid programs and services that will be effected and action steps you can take at the state level.
Contact: aibergman@comcast.net
Resources: TASH https://tash.orghttps://bob.barrierfreefutures.orgww.c-c-d.org
Disability and Aging Collaborative Nicole Jorwic nicole@caringacross.org
Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/
Transcript: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka, Host of Barrier Free Futures Talk Radio/Podcast on Disability and Aging Issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe. Bob interviews Marcie Roth, CEO World Institute on Disability on the implications on disability programs and services when the budget bill passes Congress. In addition, Marcie describes the effect on FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and how people with disabilities and older Americans will be harmed.
Contact: https://www.wid.org
marcie@wid.org
Transcript: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures, talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Katy Neas, CEO of the Arc of the United States on issues concerning Medicaid reduction and other critical services for people with disabilities.
Contact https://thearc.org
Transcript: https://bob.barrierfreefutures.org/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures, interviews Dom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of New Disabled South on community organizing strategies at the national, state and local levels. The two discuss the consequences to vital disability and aging programs and services of President Trump's bill being considered by Congress.
Contact info for Dom Kelly: domkelly4@gmail.com
https://www.newdisabledsouth.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Mike Oxford ADAPT ORGANIZER
TOPIC DIRECT ACTION
Transcript https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF, talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues, interviews Alexia Kemerling, Director of Accessible Democracy, AAPD/REV UP and Danielle McGIll,, Voting Access Advocate, Disability Rights Florida.
Topic; Coalition Building 2025/2026 Election
Contact: akemerling@aapd.com
www.aapd.com/REVUP
daniellem@disabilityrightsflorida.org
Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures a talk radio podcast on disabilility and aging issues interviews Colin Killick Ex Director of Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
Topic: Secretary HHS Robert Kennedy offensive remarks about people with autism and their families.
Contact: ckillick@autisticselfadvocacy.org
https://autisticselfadvocacy.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures radio podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe interviews Eric Buehlmann, Deputy Ex Director for Public Policy, Natl Disability Rights Network.
Topic: Implications Budget Framework
Contact: eric.buehlmann@ndrn.org
www.ndrn.org
Resource: www.c-c-d.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF a radio podcast on disability and aging issues interviews Jess Davidson, Communications Director, AAPD
Topic: Developing messages on issues confronting the disability community
Contact: jdavidson@aapd.com www.aapd.com
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF, a radio podcast on disability and aging issues, interviews Jim LeBrecht, filmmaker co director of award winning CRIP CAMP and director of the recent PBS American Experienc CHANGE NOT CHARITY - AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
CONTACT: American Experience
-https;;/www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/
Jim LeBrecht - jim@cripcamp.com
Publicist - cara.white@mac.com
Transcript; https;//bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures a radio podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe interviews Alison Barkoff, longtime disability rights lawyer. Presently Professor George Washington University.. Former head of the Administration on Community Living.
Topic: Texas v Becerra Don't Mess with 504
Contact: Alison.barkoff@gwu.edu
Resources: www.dredf.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures a radio podcast on disabilitLy and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe interviews Linda Litowsky, Documentary Filmmaker and Communication Consultant.
Topic: CHANGE NOT CHARITY; Americans with Disabilities Act * Contributing Footage
Resource: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/change-not-charity-americans-disabilities-act-trailer/
Tuesday, March 25th 8pm central American Experience
Contact: lindalitowsky@gmail.com
Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 and KSQR in the Greater Santa Fe, NM area interviews Jessica Podesva, NCIL Director of Advocacy and Public Policy.
TOPIC: IL FUNDING 2025
CONTACT; Jessica@ncil.org
www.ncil.org
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures radio/podcast on disability and aging issues interviews John Wodatch, Disability Rights Lawyer and Architect of Title V regulations of the Rehabiliton Act 1973.
Topic: Texas v Becerra - Making 504 Unconstitutional
Contact: jwodatch@gmail.com
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures a radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Sheldon Toubman, Litigation Atty for Disability Rights Connecticut.
Topic;':Class Action Lawsuits under Medicaid on Durable Medical Equipmennt issues
Contact; sheldon.toubman@disrightsct.org
Resource; https://www.cga.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00058-R00SB-00308-PA.PDF
Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Lisa Sloane, Director has 40 years experience in national, state, local governments on housing issues like supported housing, homelessness, Olmstead transitions and Fair Housing..
Contact; https://www.tacinc.org
lsloane@tacinc.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, a radio/podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interview Bill Henning Ex Dir Boston CIL. Bill has 4 decades of disability rights and services organizing. His expertise is due to his ability to use various advocacy strategies to bring about successful campaigns.
Topic: WE CAN'T BE SILENT
Resource: https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/?page_id=54
Contact: bhenning@bostoncil.org 617 338 6665 x213
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues, KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Jim Ward, Founder and Executive Director ADA Watch - Coalition on Disability Rights and Justice.
Topic: Don't Mourn Organize! An approach to attacks on disability rights and services.
Contact: https://adawatch.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, a radio/podcast show on disability and aging issues interviews Marjorie Rifkin, until 2020 staff and managing attorney at Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services. Marjorie has been litigating the Brown case with the AARP Foundation and Terris, Pravlik and Millian. Final ruling was 12/31/2024.
Contact: marjrif@gmail.com
Resource: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/12/31/nursing-home-disabilities-act-dc-lawsuit/
Transcript; htpps://bff.justwork.io/
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Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free America a radio show KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe and podcast, interviews William Bronston, activist physcian, community organizer and author "Public Hostage Public Ransom - Ending Institutional America", The book starts with his autobiographical story of his time at Willowbrook State School, the huge 6,000 person institution in Staten Island, NY. His advocacy in the early 1970's was the catalyst for a class action lawsuit that led to the closing of Willowbrook as well as other institutions around the country.
Topic: Ending the Institutional Culture
Contact: WilliamBronstonmd@gmail.com
916 798 4000
Resource: OurHealth.pub https://caltcha.org/about-us
Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka is the host of Barrier Free Futures a radio/podcast on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM. Bob interviews Kevin Prindiville, Ex Director of Justice in Aging on the Implications of the 2024 Elections on Older Americans.
Contact: https://justiceinaging.org/
Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF weekly radio/podcast on disability and aging issues, KSFR 101.1 Santa, Fe, NM interviews Kirk Adams, Executive Director, Healthcare Education Project. Kirk is a longtime Community Organizer and was Chief of Staff for Presidents' Andy Stern and Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU.
Topic: Impact of 2024 election on workers
Contact; Kirk.Adams@1199funds.org
Resources; https://healthcareeducationproject.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures talk radio on disability and aging issues on KSFR 101.1 Santa FE, NM, Interviews Michael Gamel-McCormick Disability Policy Director Senator Bob Casey, Special Committee on Aging.
Topic:: Congressional Transition and 2025 Issues
Contact; mgm@udel.edu
Resources; Block Grants and Per Capita Caps
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/5-key-questions-medicaid-block-grants-per-capita-caps/
Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures a radio show, KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM, and podcast on disability and aging issues, interviews Nicole Jorwic, Chief of Advocacy and Campaigns for CARING ACROSS GENERATIONS and Co-Chair of the DISABILITY AND AGING COLLABORATIVE.
Topic: Srategies for disability and aging communities - Trump Administration
Contact: nicole@caringacross.org
Resources: https://caringacross.org/
https://heller.brandeis.edu/community-living-policy/dac/index.html
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka is host of BFF, a talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues, broadcast on KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM. Bob interviews John B Kelly, Communications Director NDY and State Director of Second Thoughts, MA and Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach, NDY.
Topic: Life of Diane Coleman, Founder, President/CEO NOT DEAD YET The Resistance!
Contact: https://notdeadyet.org/about/staff/
Resource; https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/diane-coleman-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, talk radio/podcast on Disability and Aging issues, KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Allan Bergman, CEO/President High Impact Mission Based Consulting and Training.
Topic: Medicaid - 2024 Election Impact - DON'T MOURN ORGANIZE
Contact: aibergman@comcast.net 773 332 0871
Resources: https://www.kff.org/from-drew-altman/is-medicaid-too-big-to-block-grant/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, talk radio/podcast on disability and aging issues, KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM, interviews Alexia Kemerling, REV UP Coalitions Coordinator at AAPD..
Topic: POWER THE DISABILITY VOTE
Contact: akemerling@aapd.com
https://www.aapd.com/about-rev-up/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Anastasia Somoza International Disability Rights Advocate and DNC Delegate Consultant.
Topic; 2024 Election Issues
Contact; Google Anastasia Somoza
https://www.nytimes.com/20/24/10/08/health/harris-medicare-home-care.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vu4.REdt.0klP_E14NN7Z
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe. NM interviews Lauren Alden Director, IL Services. Liberty Resources, Pa.
Topic; Power The Disability Vote - Pennslyvania.
Contact: laurenalden@libertyresources.org
https://benderleadership.org/rev-up-voting-campaign/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork,io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe interviews Kevin Gotkin Artist, Organizer and Editor of Crip News.
Topic:: Disability Journalism Today
Contact: https://cripnews.substack.com/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork,io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Zan Thorton, ADAPT of Georgia and Roll to the Polls. Joining Zan is Stacey Ramirez, Co Convener REV UP Georgia
Topic: Organizing State Disability Voting Coalitions
Power The Disability Vote
Roll to the Polls
Contact: adaptgazan@gmail.com 678 358 9540
sramirez.crimminz@gmail.com
https://rolltothepolls.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Dara Baldwin, Activist, Scholar and Author.
Topic: Dara's most recent book, "TO BE A PROBLEM: A Black Woman's Survival In The Racist Disability Rights Movement"
Contact: daraldb18@gmail.com
https://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/to-be-a-problem/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Tony Coelho, former Democratic Congressman and former Chair of the DNC Disability Council. Tony introduced the ADA in the House.
Topic: 2024 Election - What is at stake for the Disability Community
Contact: tony@onewharf.com
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Michelle Bishop, Manager, Voter Access and Engagement for the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Topic: Role of NDRN in voting in every state and territory.
Contact: michelle.bishop@ndrn.org
https://www.ndrn.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures, KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Eric Welsby, Advocacy Director, Detroit Disability Power. Eric has been a Social Justice advocate for over 20 years.
Topic: Programs of DDP and focus on voting outreach.
Contact: Eric@DetroitDisabilityPower.org
www.DetroitDisabilityPower.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Sachin Pavithran, Ex Dir of the Access Board.
Contact: https://www.access-board.gov
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF interviews Becky Ogle, Consultant and "Yellowdog" Democrat
Topic: Importance of the 2024 Election - Threat to disability rights, services and supports
Contact; bogle08@gmail.com
Resources:
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/26/fact-sheet-the-biden-administration-marks-the-anniversary-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act
Google: Project 2025
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Dan Wilkins, Advocate, Manager of the Tom Olin Collection and Team Member of the Caravan for Freedom and Justice.
Topic: Disability History and Culture
Contact: wheelchairboy57@gmail.com
Resources: https://tomolincollection.com/
https://thedisabilitycaravan.com/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF interviews Dewayne Johnson, AAPD Civic Engagement Manger.
Topic: Programs of AAPD and importance of voting
Contact: djohnson@aapd.com
https;//www.aapd.com/disability-voting-rights-week/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe interviews:
Karen Tamley, President and CEO of Access Living - Chicago . Karen is former Commissioner of Chicago Mayor's Office for People with DIsabilities. Karen also served as Chair of the U.S. Access Board. Karen continues her long activism in the disability rights community.
Topic: Challenges Confronting CIL's and the Disability Righrs Community 2024/2025
Contact: www.AccessLiving.org
312 640 2100
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Lex Frieden, Director Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) at TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Educator and Disability Polic,y Consultant.
Topic:s Disability Pride/Justice Month; ADA History; 2024/2025 Challenges.
Contact: Lex.Frieden@outlook.com
Resources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Frieden
https://constitutioncenter.org/biog/forgotten-founders-gouverneur-morris
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_Pride_Month
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Mike Ervin, ADAPT Activist, Writer, Playwright, Satarist and Blogger " SMART ASS CRIPPLE"
Topic: Activism and Irreverence in the Disability Movement
Contact: https://smartasscripple.blogspot.com/?m=1
Resource: https://thekidsareallright.org/story.html
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob host of Barrier Free Futures (BFF) interviews Anita Cameron, 42 year Disability Justice Activist, Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet, Received one of the ten 2024 Borealis Philanthrophy Black Disabled Liberation Fund grants. This interview is broadcast on the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Olmstead (Curtis/Wilson) Decision.
Topic: Disability Rights ARE Civil Rights
Contact: anitacameron007@gmail.com
Resources: https://www.naacpldf.org/disability-rights-and-racial-justice/
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about_htm
https://notdeadyet.org/
https://borealisphilanthrophy.org/2024/16/borealis-philanthrophy-launches-the-black-disabled-liberation-project/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures (BFF) interviews:
Jill Jacobs, Ex Dir Natl Assn of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
Theo Braddy, Ex Dir Natl Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
Topic: NCIL and NACDD Cooperating and Bridging Organizational Silos.
Contact: NACDD - https://nacdd.org
NCIL - https://ncil.org/ theo@ncil.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Chanda Hinton Senior Executive Director of Chanda Center for Health in Colorado.
Topic: Integrative Health Strategies
Contact: https://chandacenter.org/who-we-are/
Kate Dore - kate@barriecohen.com
Resource: Complementary and Integrative Health Waiver
https://hcpf.colorado.gov/complementary-integrative-health-waiver-cih
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob host of Barrier Free Futures (BFF) interviews Katy Neas, CEO of The Arc of the United States
Topic: Challenges confronting the disability community for 2024/25.
Contact: https://thearc.org/about-us/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of BFF interviews Colleen Flanigan, Founder Disability Action for America.
Topic: People with disabilities in/running for local, state or national office. Good, Bad, Ugly
Bob interviews live the Leadership Team for a Vigil targeted toward Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his ignoring critical community integration issues confronting people with disabilities and older Texans. THE Vigil was organized by ADAPT of Texas, Desert ADAPT and the Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas (PACT). Greg Abbott has used a wheelchair since July 1984. He was elected Governor in 2014.
Leadership Team: Cathy Cranston - Josue Rodriguez - Kristi Lai
Topic: Anatomy of Direct Action
Contact: www.adaptoftexas.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Maria Town, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD).
Topics: History of AAPD; Coalition Building:; AAPD Programs; The Disability Vote; New 504 Rules; Challenges 2024/25
Contact: https://www.aapd.com/ mtown@aapd.com
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka, host of Barrier Free Futures, interviews Nicole Jorwic, Chief of Advocacy and Campaigns, Caring Across Generations; Coordinator, Care Can't Wait Coalition.
Contact: nicole@caringacross.org
Resoures: https://caringacross.org/
https://www.carecantwait.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Diane Coleman, Founder, President and CEO of NOT DEAD YET - The Resistance.
Topic: Status of Assisted Suicide in the United States
Contact: www.notdeadyet.org
dcoleman@notdeadyet.org
Resources: https://dredf.org/public-policy/assisted-suicide/key-objections-to-the-legalization-of-assisted-suicide/
https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/us/physician-assisted-suicide-fast-facts/index.html
Where Assisted Suicide is legal.
Oregon Washington Montana Vermont California Colorado Washington DC Hawaii
New Jersey Maine New Mexico
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Rebecca Cokley, Program Officer for US Disability Rights, Ford Foundation. Rebecca serves as Ford Foundation liaison to the President's Council for Disability Inclusion in Philanthrophy.
Topics: Growing Awareness of Funders of Disability Programs
Contact: https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/people/rebecca-cokley/
Resource: Disability & Philanthrophy Forum
https://disabilityphilanthrophy.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Kelly Buckland, Disability Policy Advisor to Secretary of the Department of Transportation.
Topics: Projects in Infastructure funding that include access for people with disabilities. Using your wheelchair on airplanes. Driverless cars for people with disabilities.
Contact: kelly.buckland@dot.gov
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Ron Kovic, author of 'Born on the Fourth of July', 'Hurricane Street' and now completes his Vietnam Trilogy with 'A Dangerous Country An American Elegy'.
"Ron Kovic is one of America's great voices on war and what it does to the body and soul. His story is as timeless and tragic as the country itself"
---Bruce Springsteen
RESOURCES: A Dangerous Country An American Elegy Holly@hollywatsonpr.com
Akashic Books johanna@akashicbooks.com
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Linda Litowsky, Documentary Filmmaker, Producer, Director and Media Consultant.
Topic: Getting Your Disability Message Out.
Contact: revuptx@gmail.com
Resources: Don't Dis The Vote https://vimeo.com/729369895
Change The World https://vimeo.com/433784161
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Cory Bernstein, Staff Attorney for the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). Cory focus on P&A access authority and institutional settings outside the criminal legal system.
Topic: NDRN and Private Equity
Contact: cory.bernstein@ndrn.org
www.ndrn.org
Resources: https://www.ndrn.org/resource/new-report-details-how-private-equitys-stranglehold-on-medical-equipment-industry-hurts-people-with-disabilities/
Private Equity Stakeholder Project
https://pestakeholder.org/
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Cassie James Holdsworth, National ADAPT Grassroots Organizer for over 30 years. Former Director, Community Advocacy for Liberty Resources, Philadelphia.
Topic: Direct Action and System Advocacy. They Can Work Together.
Contact: cassiejames145@icloud.com 215 219 0694
Resources: www.nationaladapt.org
https://libertyresources.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Larkin Taylor-Parker, Legal Director for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).
Topic: ASAN's 2024 Policy and Advocacy agenda including 2024 voting outreach plans.
Contact: info@autisticadvocacy.org
www.autisticadvocacy.org
Resources: https://autisticadvocacy.org/policy/toolkits/voting/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Laura Van Tosh, Leader in the Psychiatric Survivor Movement advocating at the local, state and national levels for over forty years. Laura is the founder of the Mental Health Policy Roundtable.
CONTACT: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-van-tosh-19817622
RESOURCES: www.narpa.org
https://mindfreedom.org/
www.madinamerica.com
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Jessica Podesva, National Council on Independent Living's (NCIL), Director of Advocacy and Public Policy.
TOPIC: NCIL's Advocacy, Policies and Challenges in 2024
CONTACT: Jessica@ncil.org
RESOURCES: www.ncil.org https://members.ncil.org/
https://www.ilru.org/projects/cil-net/cil-center-and-association-directory
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Tom Olin, known for his photojournalism and activism in the disability rights movement and campaigns for disability justice over a span of 40 years.
TOPIC: Tom Olin, Photographer and More...
CONTACT: 601 209 0855 crippower@mac.com
RESOURCES: https://tomolincollection.com
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews David Goldfarb, Director of Long Term Supports and Services Policy, The Arc of the United States.
TOPIC: Status of HCBS at the federal level
CONTACT: goldfarb@thearc.org
RESOURCES: www.thearc.org/action
https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/hcbs_access_act_one_pager1.pdf
https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_home_and_community-based_services_hcbs_relief_act_of_2023.pdf
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Stephanie Thomas, Disability Activist/ADAPT; Author" Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond" Manual; Curator of the ADAPT Museum.
TOPIC: Community Organizing
CONTACT: stephanie.adapt@sbcglobal.net
wheelwoman3@gmail.com
RESOURCES:
Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond
https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/
ADAPT Museum
www.adaptmuseum.net
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, Professors at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations; Co-Directors of the Rutgers Program for Disability Research.
TOPIC : Disability Vote Statistics
CONTA CT: lschur@rutgers.edu
dkruse@rutgers.edu
RESOURCES: https://smir.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/program-disability-research/voter-turnout-and-voting-accessibility
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Peter Thomas, Managing Partner, Powers Law Firm focusing on Health Care and Rehabilitation Issues.
TOPIC: Health Care Issues in 2024. Opportunities and limitations.
CONTACT: Peter.Thomas@powerslaw.com
202 872 6730
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews:
Allison C. Carey - Professor in Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at Shippenburg University;
Pamela Block - Professor of Anthropology at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada;
Richard K. Scotch - Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Univ of Texas at Dallas
TOPIC:
ALLIES and OBSTACLES - Disability Activism and Parents of Children w/Disabilities
Contact Information:
Allison - ACCare@ship.edu
Pamela - pblock@uwo.ca
Richard - Richard.Scotch@utdallas.edu
Temple University Press - https://tupress.temple.edu/books/allies-and-obstacles
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interiews Erica McFadden, Director Office of Independent Living Programs
https://acl.gov/ils-programs
TOPIC: Independent Living Office: Programs and working with Independent Living advocates
CONTACT:.Erica.Mcfadden@acl.hhs.gov
Resource: A History of the Independent Living Movement on YouTube
https://youtu.be/YjaUwQMsPYs?si=C46ldeb_rbKB9P4c
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Janine Bertram, Disability Journalist, Activist and keen observer of the Independent Living Movement.
TOPICS: Remembering Evan Kemp; Issues confronting the Independent Living Movement
CONTACT: janinebk@mac.com
RESOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/08/14/evan-j-kemp-jr-dies/8720e012-1c21-4646-baee-8873a8b2dc56/
https://issuu.com/faircountmedia/docs/ada25_complete_book/s/144842
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Kimberly Tissot, President and CEO ABLE-South Carolina
https://www.able-sc.org/about-us/staff-board/kimberly-tissot/
TOPIC: Independent Living Centers: Past, Present, Future
ACTION: A group called "Liberators for Justice" is developing a Call to Action focused on A Recommitment to IL Principles
FOR INFORMATION: ktissot@able-sc.org
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Bill Gaventa who is a Speaker, Trainer, Consultant in Faith and Disability.
He is Founder and Director Emeritus of the INSTITUTE ON THEOLOGY AND DISABILITY. https://faithanddisability.org/institute-on-theology-and-disability/
He is author of "DISABILITY AND SPIRITUALITY: RECOVERING WHOLENESS https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481309400/disability-and-spirituality/
CONTACT: bill.gaventa@gmail.com
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Michael Gamel-McCormick, U.S. Senate Disability Policy Director
TOPIC: The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act of 2023;
Institutional Bias;
Potential effects of government shutdown;
https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_home_and_community-based_services_hcbs_relief_act_of_2023.pdf
CONTACT: Michael_gamel-mccormick@aging.senate.gov
202 224 4193
TRANSCRIPT: https;//bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Jill Jacobs, Commisioner of the Administration on Disabilities at the Administration for Community Living, ACL and Jennifer Johnson Deputy Director of the Administration on Disabilities at ACL.
TOPIC: Programs, policies and how Adm on Disabilities works with grassroots
CONTACT: https://acl.gov/about-acl/administration-disabilities
TRANSCRIPTION: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka interviews Dennis Borel, Executive Director of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (CTD) for 23 years. CTD founded in 1978 is one of the oldest state cross disability coalitions in the United States.
TOPIC: 20th Anniversary Team Everest: A Himalayan Journey 2003 (Organized by CTD)
CONTACT: https://www.txdisabilities.org/
RESOURCES:
https://youtu.be/Dt6vBVNWOro?si=l7Cyr6HbeIZY2UXO
https://vimeo.com/21365400
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030315&slug=everest115
https://www.amazon.com/Awesome-Accident-adapting-accident-extraordinary/dp/B0B28KPPD2
TRANSCRIPTION: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Darcy Milburn, Director of Social Security and Healthcare Policy at The Arc of the US.
TOPIC: SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
CONTACT: The Arc of the US https://thearc.org
RESOURCE: SSI Savings Penalyt Elimination Act
https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-brown-cassidy-announce-first-bipartisan-bicameral-bill-in-decades-to-update-supplemental-security-income-program
TRANSCRIPTION: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM, interviews Scott Cooper, Director of "IT's OUR STORY". Scott is currently working with the DISABILITY HISTORY AND CULTURE COLLABORATIVE (DHCC)
CONTACT:
http://www.itsourstory.com/
itsourstory@gmail.com
202 340 2575
DISABILITY RIGHTS MUSEUM - GOOGLE GROUP
https://groups.google.com/g/disability-rights-museum/
TRANSCRIPTION:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews two long time National ADAPT activists, Nancy Salandra and Mike Oxford.
Nancy recently retired as an Independent Living Specialists Liberty Resources Philadelphia.
Mike is involved with the Community Living Policy Center/Brandeis and Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies.
TOPIC: 20th Anniversary of the ADAPT FREE OUR PEOPLE March 144 miles Phila to DC
CONTACT INFORMATION: www.NationalADAPT.org
RESOURCES: 2003 FREE OUR PEOPLE March
https://adapt.org/2003-philadelphia-free-our-people-march-nancy-salandra/
ADAPT Museum Collection
https://adaptmuseum.net/gallery/index.php?/category/55
TRANSCRIPTION: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Day-Al Mohamed, Human/Disability Rights Advocate, Author, Filmmaker/Director and Disability Policy Expert.
CONTACT: daysmail@gmail.com
RESOURCES:
Lift Me UP - Tribute to Judy Heumann
https://g.co/kgs/8NYE83
Kitty O'Neil - American Masters/PBS
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/renegades-pilot-kitty-oneil/18248/
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Teresa Nguyen, Director of the Community Living Equity Center, The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University.
CONTACT: https://heller.brandeis.edu/community-living-policy/clec/home.html
email: clequity@brandeis.edu
#clpolicy
TRANSCRIPT:
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Bob interviews Ariana Aboulafia, Policy Counsel, Disability Rihts in Technology at the Center for Democracy & Technologgy, CDT and Henry Claypool, Disability Rights Adocate, served in the Clinton and Obama Administration and nowis a Disability Consultant.
Topic: "Centering Disability in Technology Policy Joint Report released by AAPD and CDT
https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/centering-disability-120821-1326-final.pdf
Center on Democracy & Technology
https://cdt.org/
American Association of People with Disabilities
https://www.aapd.com
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Sue Swenson, President Inclusion International. Sue served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations and is a former Executive Director of The Arc of the US.
Topic: Right to live in the Community
CONTACT INFORMATION:
sue.swenson@inclusion-international.org
RESOURCES:
Inclusion International
https://inclusion-international.org/
International Disability Alliance
https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/
Listen, Include, Respect
https://www.listenincluderespect.com/
Pitchfork Approach to Social Change
https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/?page_id=54
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews John Kemp, President and CEO of The Lakeshore Foundation. John has many acheivements in the corporate and non-profit world.
CONTACT INFO:
JohnK@lakeshore.org
205 313 7441
RESOURCES:
Lakeshore Foundation
https://g.co/kgs/xgzBms
AstroAccess
https://astroaccess.org/
TRANSCRIPTION:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Paul Marchand, Former Disability Policy Advocate working with The Arc and UCP advvocating for community integration policies for people with cognitive disabilities. Paul led the Disability Policy Collaborative and the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities for many years. Paul retired in 2011.
CONTACT INFO: pmarchand@comcast.net
RESOURCES:
https://thearc.org/
https://www.c-c-d.org/index.php
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Sharon Gardner, Minister, disability advocate and entrepreneur. Sharon coordinated Justin W. Dart Jr and Yoshiko's 50 state tour(s) collecting stories of discrimination from people with disabilities. These stories were used by Congress to justify the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
https://ncd.gov/publications/1988/jan1988
https://www.ncd.gov/publications/1986/Febuary1986
TRANSCRIPT
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Bob interviews Alexia Kemerling, REV UP Coalitions Coordinator.
akemerling@aapd.com
REV UP is a program of AAPD. https://www.aapd.com/rev-up/
Disability Voting Rights Week
https://www.aapd.com/disability-voting-rights-week/
TRANSCRIPT
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Bob interviews Lex Frieden, Director of the ILRU program at TIRR, Memorial Hermann.
Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
TOPIC: American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
lexfrieden@outlook.com
lfrieden@bcm.edu
https://www.ilru.org
713 520 0232
RESOURCES:
What We Have Done (Chapter 13)
https://www.amazon.com/What-We-Have-Done-Disability/dp/1558499199
Handicapping America: Barriers to Disabled People
https://www.amazon.com/Handicapping-America-Barriers-disabled-people/dp/0060104228
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Lauren Pongan, National Director Diverse Elders Coalition
www.diverseelders.org
COALITION MEMBERS
Natl Asian Pacific Center on Aging
Natl Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc
Natl Hispanic Council on Aging
Natl Indian Council on Aging
SAGE - Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders
Southeast Asia Resources Action Center
TRANSCRIPT
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Bob interviews Mary Lou Breslin, Co Founder, former Executive Director and now Senior Analyst for the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund (DREDF)
Topic: History of DREDF; DREDF's role in the passage and implementation of disability rights legislation; Challenges in front of the disability rights community.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
https://dredf.org//
mlbreslin@dredf.org
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Mike Oxford, ADAPT Activist, Independent Living Advocate, Interim Ex Dir Atlantis Community Inc Denver, Disability Rights and Services Consultant.
Topic: Olmstead Decision: Getting and Keeping People Out of Nursing Facilities and other Institutions
Contact Information:
mikeoxford@atlantiscommunity.org
mikeoxford@rocketmail.com
785 224 3865
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Mark Johnson, long time ADAPT activist, Connector, Author and new Granddaddy.
Topics: ( Names may change)
Campaign for Disability Justice and Freedom;
Disability Justice and Freedom Caravan;
Friends of Disability Justice, History and Culture.
FOR INFORMATION:
john4404@bellsouth.net
FOR TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Dan Kessler, Interim Executive Director, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
dkessler@april-rural.org
www.april-rural.org
FOR TRANSCRIPT:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Anita Cameron, long time Disability Justice Activist with ADAPT and other disability rights organizations. She is Director of Minority Outreach for NOT DEAD YET. www.notdeadyet.org
Contact Anita: anitacameron007@gmail.com
For transcript of show:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Misty Dion and Tom Earle, CIL CEO's on the intersection of the Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision, CIL's 5th Core Service, eliminating the institutional bias and abuses of state's guardianship laws.
Misty and Tom were instrumental in the creation of LIBERATORS FOR JUSTICE a grassroots organization commited to the elimination of guardianship abuses and promoting alternatives to guardianship.
www.Liberators4Justice.org
For a transcript of this show
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Alan Holdsworth, Director of Disability Equality in Education. Topic; Disability Inclusive Curriculum
https://www.deanetwork.org/
https://www.disabilityequalityeducation.org/
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Education-Details.aspx?newsid=1373
FOR TRANSCRIPT OF THIS INTERVIEW:
https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews David Goldfarb on the effects of the debt ceiling fight on people with disabilities and older Americans. The Arc has developed a Debt Ceiling Advocacy Tool Kit.
For a transcript of this program visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Resources for implementation of the CARE Executive Order:
- Administration for Community Living at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: https://acl.gov/
- Executive Order Expands Access to Community Living Services, Supports Family Caregivers
- Fact Sheet about the Executive Order
- ACL Blog: Input Needed: CMS Proposes Rule to Improve Access to and Quality of Medicaid Services
- National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
- ACL’s initiative on Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce
- Sign up for ACL Updates emails: https://acl.gov/subscribe
- Follow ACL on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aclgov
- Follow ACL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aclgov
Bob interviews Allie Cannington, Senior Manager at The Kelsey, a disability forward housing organization.
Topic: The VITAL Act
Bob interviews Katherine Ott historian at the Smithsonian documenting the disability movement
This week, Bob interviews Erin Prangley, Policy Director of The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD). For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Dan Wilkens, Disability Advocate, Graphic Designer, humorist, storyeller and keen observer of the disability movement.
This week Bob interviews Barbara L. Lyons, Special Projects Coordinator of Patient's Rights Action Fund.
For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Nancy Salandra, Co-Coordinator "Free Our People" March and ADAPT Activist
For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
This week Bob interviews Theo Braddy, Executive Director of The National Council on Independent LivingFor a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Dan McMillan, historian and author of How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust
For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Marshall Martinez, Executive Director of Equality New Mexico, the State LGBTQ Advocacy Organization.
Havens Levitt - LGBT Leader and activist for the LGBT Senior and Elders community in New Mexico.
For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Elena hung, Executive Director and Co-founder of Little Lobbyists For a transcript of this program, click here
Richard Petty, ILRU Co-Director
Sandra Breitengross Bitter, ILRU Director of Training
For a transcript of this program, click here
Dom Kelly, Founder and CEO of New Disabled South. Strategic Advisor for Disability at Fair Fight Action. For a transcript of this program, click here
Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy at Harvard University. Past Executive Director, Autistic Self Advocacy Network Served on the National Council on Disability during the Obama Admin. For a transcript of this program, click here
Hank Hughes, Santa Fe County Commissioner for District 5 and recently retired Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. He co-founded the Coalition in the year 2000 with other advocates and served as Executive Director from 2001 until 2023.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Dawn Russell, Disability Rights Activist, Board Member, Atlantis Community Topic: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act Institutional Bias Disability Underground Railroad
Stephanie Thomas, Disability Rights Activist, Curator ADAPT Museum, Author, Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/ For a transcript of this program, click here
Visit https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/?page_id=54
For a transcript of this program, click here
In this episode, Bob is joined by Hoskie Benally Jr., the Community and Government Liaison for the Native American Disability Law Center.
You can learn more at https://nativedisabilitylaw.org/
For a transcript of this program, click here
In this episode, Bob brings on Thomas Earle, Executive Director of Liberty Resorces Inc. and Liberty Resources Home Choices, Lolita Owens of United Homecare Workers, and Lynn Wiedner, Consumer Directed Worker.
Visit Liberty Resources at https://www.liberty-resources.org/
For a transcript of this program, click here
Guest Bobby Silverstein, former staff director and chief counsel to the US Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the lead sponsor of the ADA in the Senate. Justin Dart often referred to Bobby as the behind-the-scenes architect of the ADA
Bob Williams, Co-founder & Policy Director of Communication First For a transcript of this program, click here
Lisa Sloane, Director of Technical Assistance Collaborative
Please visit www.tacinc.orgto get in touch with Lisa or email her at lsloane@tacinc.org
For a transcript of this program, click here
Randy Alexander is a Farmer, Social and Disability Activist Visit New Mexico AgrAbility at https://agrability.nmsu.edu/
Or get in contact with their Program Director, Dr. Sonja Koukel at sdkoukel@nmsu.edu
For a transcript of this program, click here
Natalie Kean is the Director of Federal Health Advocacy at Justice in Aging, a national legal organization dedicated to fighting senior poverty.
She also co-chairs the Disability and Aging Collaborative.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Natalie Kean is the Director of Federal Health Advocacy at Justice in Aging, a national legal organization dedicated to fighting senior poverty.
She also co-chairs the Disability and Aging Collaborative.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Jeff Hughes ED at Progressive Independence in Norman, Ok Executive Committee, Natl Council on Independent Living For a transcript of this program, click here
Jeff Hughes ED at Progressive Independence in Norman, Ok Executive Committee, Natl Council on Independent Living For a transcript of this program, click here
On this episode of Barrier Free Futures, Bob talks with American poet, musician, community activist, and founder of Krip Hop Nation. They discuss all of Leroy's feats in the music industry and certain stigmas surrounding the disability community.
If you would like to learn more about Leroy and Krip Hop Nation, visit https://kriphopnation.com/
or contact Leroy by sending him an email at blackkrip@gmail.com
For a transcript of this program, click here
On this episode of Barrier Free Futures, Bob talks with American poet, musician, community activist, and founder of Krip Hop Nation. They discuss all of Leroy's feats in the music industry and certain stigmas surrounding the disability community.
If you would like to learn more about Leroy and Krip Hop Nation, visit https://kriphopnation.com/
or contact Leroy by sending him an email at blackkrip@gmail.com
For a transcript of this program, click here
Today's Topic: Stigmas surrounding the disability community.
If you are interested in getting involved or getting in contact with Ariel Simms please visit www.respectability.org
For a transcript of this program, click here
Today's Topic: Stigmas surrounding the disability community.
If you are interested in getting involved or getting in contact with Ariel Simms please visit www.respectability.org
For a transcript of this program, click here
Bob brings on Vesper Moore, Disability Rights Activist, Writer, and Educator; CEO, Indigenous, and Peer Run Kiva Centers. For a transcript of this program, click here
Bob brings on Vesper Moore, Disability Rights Activist, Writer, and Educator; CEO, Indigenous, and Peer Run Kiva Centers. For a transcript of this program, click here
Historian Steven E. Brown (PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1981) is Co-Founder, Institute on Disability Culture and retired Professor of Disability Studies, Center on Disability Studies (CDS), University of Hawaii.
For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Historian Steven E. Brown (PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1981) is Co-Founder, Institute on Disability Culture and retired Professor of Disability Studies, Center on Disability Studies (CDS), University of Hawaii.
For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob talks with Colleen Wieck, Executive Director, Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Bob talks with Colleen Wieck, Executive Director, Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Jim Ward, Founder and President Coalition for Disability Rights and Justice For a transcript of this program, click here
Jim Ward, Founder and President Coalition for Disability Rights and Justice For a transcript of this program, click here
Lilian Aluri is the REV UP Voting Campaign Coordinator at the American Association of People with Disabilities. As a person with mental illnesses and the sister of a young man with Down syndrome, disability has played a large roll in her life and through her work at AAPD.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Lilian Aluri is the REV UP Voting Campaign Coordinator at the American Association of People with Disabilities. As a person with mental illnesses and the sister of a young man with Down syndrome, disability has played a large roll in her life and through her work at AAPD.
For a transcript of this program, click here
On this episode Bob talks with Jeff Moyer. Renowned musician, social commentator, and movment leader.
Visit https://jeffmoyer.com/ for more info.
Bob interviews Colleen Starkloff on the topic of Universal Design. She is co-founder, with her late husband Max Starkloff, of two disability focused nonprofit organizations: Paraquad and The Starkloff Disability Institute. You can contact Colleen by email or phone. cstarkloff@starkloff.org 314-249-1029 https://starkloff.org/
Guest Alan Holdsworth, AKA Johnny Crescendo, poet, composer, performer, disability rights activist joins Bob to discuss inclusive education and his new project with Netflix.
For a transcript of this program visit http://bff.justwork.io/
Guests Jan Nisbet (Founder, Institute on Disability; Associate Professor of Education and Founding Director of the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire) and Nancy Weiss (Director of Disability Initiatives, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware; Director, National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at University of Delaware) discuss electroshock therapy and their book Pain and Shock in America: Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities.
Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power, discusses the challenges and triumphs of facing persons with disabilities exercising their voting power.
Bob kicks off Disability Pride Month and the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with a conversation about the limitations of guardianship/conservatorship with guests Dr. Ronald Bassman, Executive Director of MindFreedom International, and Misty Dion, CEO of Roads to Freedom for Independent Living.
For a transcript of this program visit: http://bff.justwork.io/
Stephen Gold is a nationally renowned disability rights attorney and has spent a third of a century fighting alongside people with mental and physical disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act Legacy Project called him “the foremost attorney in the disability rights movement.
Alisha Vasquez, Southwest Folklife Social Media Administrator, Mexican American Heritage and History Museum Co-Director
For a transcript of this program, click here
Comedian for 22 years, Disability Activist and worked at Summit Independent Living and the Montana Youth Leadership Forum for 19 years.
Bob Kafka interviews Mark Johnson, Natl Disability Rights Leadèr Topic: Discussion on the status of Disability Rights Movement
Host Bob Kafka interviews Dr. Amanda Kraus, President of the Assn on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) on issues confronting disability focused campus offices throughout the country.
For a transrcipt program, click http://bff.justwork.io/
Lex Frieden, Director of independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas, joins host Bob Kafka for an oral history of the ACCD.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Host Bob Kafka interviews Maggie Bush, Programs and Outreach Director of the League of Women Voters of the US.
For a transcript of this program, click here
Host Bob Kafka welcomes Emmaly Wiederholt and Silva Laukkanen for a discussion of their new book, Breadth of Bodies: Discussing Disability in Dance.Both authors share how their dance backgrounds informed the project, and talk with Bob about the experience of interviewing 35 dancers with disabilities from 15 countries. www.stanceondance.com For a transcript of this episode, click here
Host Bob Kafka speaks with Stephanie Woodward, disability rights activist and executive director of Disability EmpowHer Network.
www.DisabilityEmpowHerNetwork.org
For a transcript of this program, click here.
Kelly Buckland, Disability Policy Advisor of the US Department of Transportation, joins host Bob Kafka. They discuss accessibility in public infrastructure projects of the past, present, and future. For a transcript of this program, click here
Host Bob Kafka speaks with Shaylin Sluzalis of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies and Marcie Roth of the World Institute on Disability. For a transcript of this program, click http://bff.justwork.io/
George Powers, Alexia Smalling, and Megan Gillespie discuss topics related to the initiatives of the ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), including Accessibility in Gaming, TeleHealth Survey, and Mentoring Project.
For a transcript of this program visit http://bff.justwork.io/
George Powers is a technical assistance specialist and trainer at the Southwest ADA Center at ILRU. Video game accessibility project – Video game accessibility has to do with applying the concepts of universal design for video games.
Alexia Smalling is a research assistant at ILRU and the Southwest ADA Center (SWADA).
The Telemedicine study by SWADA in ILRU will take information by survey for patient populations about the effectiveness of telehealth as perceived by people with disabilities.
Megan Gillespie is a research assistant at ILRU. The TIRR Empowered Advocates Mentorship Program (TEAM) is a new initiative by ILRU that will provide young people with disabilities with self-advocacy training and community engagement skills, thus enabling them to be effective, self-confident disability advocates.
Josue Rodriguez, organizer with ADAPT National, Desert ADAPT and REV UP Texas, talks about grassroots organizing, including fundraising ideas like the FUN RUN for Disability Rights. www.adaptfunrun.net For a transcript of this program visit http://bff.justwork.io/
Guest: Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Director of Caring Across Generations, and Co-Founder of Super Majority, discusses workers rights and her advocacy with domestic workers.
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Stancil Tootle host, Tuesday's with Tootle, a weekly web show on issues facing the disability community. Gaylon Tootle, Co-Chair of REV UP Georgia; 2nd VP of National Federation for the Blind, Georgia; Independent Living Advocate Coordinator at Walton Options. For a transcript of this program visit http://bff.justwork.io/
Ryan Wilson, Director of Team Trust Productions (a team of video editors, producers, and videographers) discusses their upcoming and past projects, including works featuring the Paralympics.
Today's guest is Rebecca Cokley, Ford Foundation U.S. Disability Rights Program Officer. For a transcript of this program visit http://bff.justwork.io/
Guest Lillie Greiman, University of Montana, Project Director at the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, and DisDATA member, discusses data collection and representation of people with disabilities in rural America.
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Andrew Elkins, Event and Marketing Manager at the Center on Disabilities at Cal State University, Northridge discusses the upcoming 37th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference.
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Guest Anil Lewis, Director of Advocacy and Policy for the National Federation of the Blind discusses the history and current priorities of the NFB, grassroots networking, developing new leadership, and more.
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Fred Pelka is the author of What We Have Done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement, along with several other books on disability history. He currently teaches a course on Disability Advocacy and Its History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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She has spent her life defining disability in publishing and creating the Center for Accessible Society.
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Val Vera is a disability justice activist, speaker, organizer and writer. He has intersectional experience as disabled Latinx, coupled with his Disability Justice work. Val's debut book, Crip Lyrics: the Unapologetic Poetry of Disability.
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This week Bob speaks with Rhoda Gibson, ADAPT National Activist Lead Co-Chair: Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing Workgroup.
James Odato, a longtime journalist in New York, adjunct professor of journalism at the University at Albany, and author of the biography of advocacy journalist and disability rights activist Lucy Gwin, This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation.
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Amy Gotwals has been a professional advocate for 27 years. She’s the longtime policy lead at USAging, formerly the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
Guest Joe Stramondo Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Director, Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs (IEPA)
San Diego State University discusses difficult issues facing the disability community such as involuntary DNRs, health care advocacy, how to stay positive in the movement, and more.
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Guest Maria Palacious * Poet, Performer with Sins Invalid, Author and Disability Activist. * Self described "Goddess on Wheels"
Guest William A. Dombi President, National Association for Home Care & Hospice discusses his organization's work and the prospects of the Build Back Better Plan.
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Guest Nadina LaSpina, Disability Rights Activist, Educator, and Author of Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride For a transcription of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io
Barrier Free Futures * Guest: Rhonda Richards, AARP Senior Legislative Representative and Family Caregiving in Government Affairs * Topic: Policy reform for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) for seniors and people with disabilities
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Guest Jessica Lehman, Ex Director at Senior and Disability Action * Convener of Disability Organizers Forum discusses the evolution of direct action and activism in the disability rights movement.
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Guest: Emily Ladau author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally.
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Guest Reyma McCoy McDeid, Executive Director of the National Council On Independent Living. http://www.reyma.org/
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Host Bob Kafka and guest Michael Gamel-McCormick, Director of Disability Policy for Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), discuss the Build Back Better Plan, the Better Care, Better Jobs Act, and eliminating institutional bias.
Helena Berger, Executive Director and Co-coordinator of REV UP Virginia discusses voting, voting rights, the importance of the disability vote, and the upcoming elections.
Guest James LeBrecht, sound designer, disability rights activist, and co-director and co-producer of "Crip Camp."
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Guest Katy Neas, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) For a transcript of this program click https://bff.justwork.io/
Guest: Julie Oliver, Executive Director, Register2Vote.org For a transcript of this show click https://bff.justwork.io/
Guest Stephanie Thomas, curator of ADAPT Museum.
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This week's guest is Emily Voorde Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement.
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Guest: Ralph Neas, Civil/Disability Rights Leader, Senior Counsel on Voting Rights to The Century Foundation. For a transcript of this program click this link: https://bff.justwork.io/
Guest Alison Barkoff, Principal Deputy Administrator, Acting Administrator, Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging HHS/Administration on Community Living For a transcript of this program click here: https://bff.justwork.io/
Guests are Allie Cannington and Isaac Haney Owens, team members at The Kelsey, an organization pioneering disability-forward housing.
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Guest is Ron Bassman, Executive Director of Mind Freedom.
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This week's guest is Jennifer Mathis, Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy at Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
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Guests Alan (Johnny) Holdsworth and Viki Landers discuss Disability Pride. Click here for a transcript of this program https://bff.justwork.io/
Guests Tari Hartman Squire and Danny Woodburn
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Matt Salo, Executive Director National Association of Medicaid Directors. For a transcript of this show, click here: https://bff.justwork.io/
Joe Shapiro, correspondent for the Investigations Unit at NPR and author of the book No Pity.
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Maria Town, Executive Director American Assn of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Click here for a transcript of this show: https://bff.justwork.io/
Guest Beto O'Rourke, former congressman from Texas and founder of the voting empowerment group Powered By People.
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Dom Kelly, Founder Fair Fight Action's Disability Council Click here for a transcript of this show: https://bff.justwork.io/
Guest Bill Henning, Executive Director of the Boston Center on Independent Living.
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Former President Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) Click here for a transcript of this program: https://bff.justwork.io/
Disability consultant with High Impact.
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CEO United Spinal Assn (USA)
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Reyma McCoy McDeid,Commissioner of the Administration on Disabilities within the Administration on Community Living.
Ari Neeman, Disability Rights Activist/Consultant. For a transcript of this program, click here: https://bff.justwork.io/
Guests Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, Professors at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations and Co-directors of the Program for Disability Research.
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Dianna Suslo is a Santa Fe resident with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. For a transcript of this program, click here: https://bff.justwork.io/
Executive Director of Disability Rights California.
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Guest Amber Smock, Director of Advocacy for Access Living.
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Director of the Community Living Policy Center at Brandeis University
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Chairperson Natl Council on Disability.
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Legal Director for the Center for Public Representation
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Executive Editor, New Mobility Magazine. For a transcript of this show, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute For a transcript of this show, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Julie Reiskin, Director, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition For a transcript of this show, visit https://bff.justwork.io/
Senior Policy Director, Foley Hoag Law Firm — former Policy Director for Disability and Special Populations, U S Senate for Sen Ted Kennedy.
Guests Diane Coleman President/CEO and Anita Cameron, Minority Outreach Director of the organization Not Dead Yet.
Guest Allegra Heath-Stout, Fellowship Director and Trainer at JOIN for Justice, the Jewish Organizing Institute and Network
Michelle Bishop, Voter Access & Engagement Manager National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Teresa Moore and Juliana Huerena of Self Advocates Becoming Power discuss SABE's Go Voter Project.
Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
Guest Jim Dickson, Disability Rights Organizer and Natl Council on Independent Living Civic Engagement, Co Coordinator
Guest Bobby Silverstein, former staff director and chief counsel to the US Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the lead sponsor of the ADA in the Senate. Justin Dart often referred to Bobby as the behind-the-scenes architect of the ADA
Guest Kirk Adams executive director of the Healthcare Education Project, which advocates on behalf of Medicaid, the ACA and healthcare funding in general all over the country.
Guest Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)
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