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Disability Rights
Keep Off This Street: The Epidemics of Polio and COVID19
The epidemics of polio and COVID19 Empty beaches, hollow pools, abandoned and quiet streets. Bans on gatherings. Fear layering daily activities with hesitation, and loss. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 is evoked by the...
“National Disability Employment Month” on Morning Energy
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). NDEAM is a national campaign held to raise awareness about employment issues for disabled people and to also celebrate their accomplishments and contributions to society. NDEAM is also...
Local Woman Survives Dangerous Form of Cancer Dedicates Her Life to Inspiring Others
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll meet a local woman who, after surviving an extremely rare and dangerous form of cancer, has had an amazing series of adventures in her...
Senate Healthcare Bill Threatens People with Disabilities
Senate Republicans are quietly moving forward with plans to pass a health care bill In the U.S. right now, the number of people without health insurance has been falling since the passing of Obamacare, but...
An in-depth look at elections with local political analyst Barry Edwards
BY Rob Lorei First on Radioactivity Tuesday talked about disabled parking abuse with Mack Marsh who is the Project Director for a group called Parking Mobility. Marsh has come to Tampa from Austin to discuss the issue...
New transit option for Hillsborough residents with disabilities
Hillsborough County’s transit authority has a program called HART Plus that gives door-to-door on-demand transportation for people with disabilities that are enrolled in the program; but a new program involving taxi cabs will supplement HART...
USF Professor says prescription drug crackdown harms legitimate pain sufferers.
By Rob Lorei Today our guest is Dr. Darryl Paulson, professor emeritus of government at USF St.Petersburg, to talk about how the state crackdown on pill mills and prescription drug abuse has made it harder...
Is there a connection between gun violence and mental illness?
After a mass shooting it’s common for analysts to examine the mental health of the suspect. But at a forum Friday hosted by the University of South Florida in Tampa, a behavioral sciences researcher downplayed...
Bills could gut funding for Floridians with disabilities
Senators and Representatives are seeking to inspect and evaluate the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and eventually repeal it if it doesn’t show solvency.
Public transit not working for some blind people in Pinellas
Public transit not working for some blind people
