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Now displaying: July, 2025
Jul 26, 2025

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/

 

Jul 19, 2025

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/

Jul 12, 2025

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/

 

Jul 5, 2025

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/

 

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