Disability

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Dr. Paul Gorman on why we need a National Single Payer Health System

Airs at: Tue, 04/17/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris. Today's guest is Dr. Paul Gorman from Oregon Health & Science University. Here in America, we pay some of the Highest Costs for Medical Care, yet reap some of the Worst Results. Why?  We Waste Way Too Much Money on the Private Health Insurance Industry.     Read more

Analysis of the Mental Health Industry

Airs at: Wed, 04/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Is it possible that the drug-based psychiatric care industry has actually fueled an epidemic of mental illness? Our guest is Dr. Harriet Cooke of the local group Rethinking Psychiatry, which puts on an annual symposium scrutinizing the mental hea... Read more

Kambri Crews, author of "Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir."

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Host Paul Van Dyck interviews Kambri Crews, author of "Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir." She tells her story of growing up hearing with deaf parents. Read more

Why are so many children being diagnosed bipolar?

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
Hosted by Will Hall Today Madness Radio asks, Why are so many children being diagnosed bipolar? Are medications needed to treat disease - or just keep children under control? What else can parents do when faced with difficult behavioral problems? Sharna Olfman, Psychology ... Read more

Josh Eidelson: Business Unionism vs. Organized Labor

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Josh Eidelson talk about the pitfalls of organizing workers (into unions) on the model of a business. The practice is widely known as "service-unionism" or "business-unionism" and  in many ways boils down union membership to a customer relation to a service ... Read more

Access to the voting booth by people with disabilities

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck   The race for The White House is heating up. Four years ago Sounds of Awareness broadcast a program on access to the voting booth by people with disabilities. Though some of the names have been changed since then to protect the innocent, we felt th... Read more

Mental health treatment lacking in Multnomah County Jail

Airs at: Tue, 01/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  A local man serving time in Multnomah County Jail has reported to KBOO that guards and nurses have been negligent in providing him the correct medication for mental illness.   As KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg reports, the problem is widespread, and stems from a lack of resources... Read more

Vintage Radio

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
Host Paul Van Dyck interviews Mike Morrison, site administrators for Vintage Radio Shows.com, a site offering over 38,000 episodes of the best Old Time Radio broadcasts. They talk about radio and people with sight impairments.         Read more

A young cancer survivor talks about her life and shows her positive attitude

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck   CANCER is probably the scariest word in the English language.  Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with Kim Christianson, a bright young woman who graduated from high school at age 19 after her ordeal with chemotherapy, radiation, and a successful bone mar... Read more

Life after taking the "guilty except for insanity" plea in Oregon - Talk Radio on 12/23/11

Airs at: Fri, 12/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Will Hall of Madness Radio hosts. His guest is a former Oregon State Hospital patient now living in the community under the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) after taking the "guilty except for insanity" plea. http://www.psrbfairshake.org/ Read more