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Portland Burn Survivors

Airs at: Wed, 10/05/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Interviews with members of Portland Burn Survivors More info: http://portlandburnsurvivors.org/ Read more

Mental Health Reform in the Oregon State Hospital

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with the Director of Disability Rights Oregon, Bob Joondepth, about community mental health issuea and House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420, which affect the Oregon State Hospital. Read more

Tobi Rates of the Autism Society of Oregon on how to deal with autism

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck Autism is a growing issue in the U.S. Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with Tobi Burch Rates, Vice President of the Autism Society of Oregon, about what autism is and how it affects children and how to improve the lives of all affected by autism. Tobi Rat... Read more

"Unlimited Visibility," a history of The Washington State School For the Blind

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck   "Unlimited Visibility," a history of The Washington State School For the Blind, tracking the school’s 125 year history and an overview of the evolution of education of blind children in Washington State. The book is available in large print and Br... Read more

Gala Miller from the Columbia Springs Environmental Resource Center

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck Today, Paul talks to Gala Miller from the Columbia Springs Environmental Resource Center       Read more

Christyna Hengstler of Washington State’s Department of Services for the Blind

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
Hosted by Paul Van Dyck Today's guest is Christyna Hengstler of Washington State’s Department of Services for the Blind DSB  provides job counseling and teaches adaptive skills to people who are blind or have low vision.     Read more

Helen Keller: politically incorrect rebel girl

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Helen Keller is a beloved bleeding-heart symbol of personal perseverance, an "unmitigated American folk-hero" even, but what we hardly hear in school is that she persevered against capitalism and in solidarity with the radical left movements of her time. This short essay, r... Read more

big babies

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 23 May 2011: (audio here): A recent episode of National Geographic's TV series Taboo featured a profile of Stanley Thornton, a 30-year-old "adult baby" in California, who wears diapers and onesies, drinks from a bottle, and sleeps in a giant cr... Read more

Voices from the Edge 05-19-11 How well do we support those with mental illness?

Airs at: Thu, 05/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
How well do we support those with mental illness? An estimated 137,000 Oregonians suffer from serious mental illness and nearly 39,000 children live with serious mental health conditions. How well do we support these individuals and their families? Oregon's public mental h... Read more

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more