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ADA Live!  is a free monthly online program broadcast nationally by the Southeast ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network and a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. Learn about your rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Leaders in the field will share their knowledge, experience and successful strategies that increase the participation of persons with disabilities in communities and businesses.

New Episode – September 2, 2026 

Episode 157: The Adventures of Superfreak: My Childhood on the Hippie Trail with My Disabled Parents

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In this episode of ADALive! we talk with Caleb Dardick, who was raised by parents with disabilities who later became disability-rights advocates in the years before passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. At age five, he crossed continents with his family from Amsterdam to India, along the Hippie Trail, as part of a generation’s sweeping search for freedom. In his book, “The Adventures of Superfreak: My Childhood on the Hippie Trail,” Dardick tells the story of his family “dropping out”, capturing the wild promise of the era and the intimate realities of family life on the road.

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Audio: Episode 157: The Adventures of Superfreak: My Childhood on the Hippie Trail with My Disabled Parents
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Caleb DardickCaleb Dardick, Author, Leadership Coach, and Storyteller
Caleb Dardick is a storyteller and cultural observer who grew up in the American counterculture. At age five, he traveled the Hippie Trail from Amsterdam to India with his disabled parents. He later lived as part of the back-to-the-land movement in Northern California. He has performed personal stories at the Sierra Storytelling Festival and at Beyond Borders in San Francisco. The Adventures of Superfreak is his debut memoir.

ADA Live! is produced by the Southeast ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network and a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University funded by NIDILRR Grant #90DPAD0005-01-00. This program is also a cross-collaboration with the NIDILRR Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) grant – Disability Employment Policy