Since 1995, the experiences of people with disabilities have been
heard on radio around the world.  Issues, events human rights and
political analysis affecting people with disabilities are the
subject matter of the weekly half-hour English language program,
Disability Radio Worldwide.  Recent programs have included
reproductive health care and women with disabilities in the U.S.
and Africa, disability in history and literature, the values of
disability culture, people with disabilities in the Holocaust,
community-building and community organizing in South Africa and
the Middle East, the experiences of women with disabilities at
the NGO Forum on Women in Beijing, the progress of children with
disabilities in Nicaragua and the effects of Agent Orange on
Vietnam veterans and their children.

Producer and host, Jean Parker, is a well-known disability rights
activist, with years of experience working in the movement.
"This program is creating a global forum for the exchange of
information and ideas over great geographic distances for the
first time," said Lucy Wong-Hernandez, Executive Director of
Disabled Peoples' International and a recent guest on the
program.  "People with disabilities all around the globe can hear
interviews with leaders in the movement from every continent as
well as those who have a story to tell.  Radio provides an
excellent way for us to communicate with each other as well as
document our experiences for the future.  We can utilize radio
networks to strengthen communications among organizations and
individuals."

Disability Radio Worldwide is broadcast to over 100 countries
from Costa Rica via Radio for Peace International on shortwave
frequencies 6975, 15050 and 21460, Mondays at 19:00 UTC, Fridays
at 17:00 UTC and Saturdays at 22:00 UTC, each with a second
broadcast eight hours later.  The program is broadcast in the
United States on the Pacifica Radio Network and other
broadcasters are added periodically.

Cassette copies of programs are available for purchase by check
or money order made payable to Empowerment Productions.  Inquire
about a program catalog or regular subscription.  The program
catalog can also be viewed on our web site or it can be sent to
you by e-mail.  For more information or to order program tapes
contact Disability Radio Worldwide using the above contact
information.