Musicians Living with a Disability

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A sampling of musicians who found success as they lived with significant disabilities. From pop star Michael Bolton and his profound deafness in one ear to a one-arm drummer with the hard rock band, Def Leppard...

Chick Webb. At a young age, he contracted spinal tuberculosis that left him with a hunchback and little use of his legs.

Rick Allen. Def Leppard drummer, one arm amputee.

Rick Allen, smiling, with one arm in the air. Photo by Matt Becker

Michael Bolton. Vocalist, deaf in one ear.

Jeff Healey. The Jeff Healey Band. Lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes.

Derek Pavaricini, autistic prodigy, Pianist.

Susannah McCorkle Jazz & pop vocalist who killed herself because of her mental illness.

Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte spin the tunes and talk about the artists.

Twenty Years of the ADA

Listen (28 min)
Marilyn Golden, policy analyst for Disability Rights
Education & Defense Fund, discusses the merits
and history of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

People in the U.S. are celebrating the 20th anniversary
of the ADA.

Has this law significantly moved the disability rights
movement forward?
Are there some things that cannot be achieved with
the ADA?

Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner.