Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Carrie Siahpush, executive director of Portland’s PHAME Academy, gives KBOO a tour of their new campus and introduces some of their proudly neurodivergent students. PHAME is a nonprofit organization that provides arts education and performing opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. PHAME students will perform March 15 at the organization’s annual fundraising gala. Details available at phamepdx.org.
Audio story originally aired Monday, Feb. 23, as part of KBOO Community Radio’s Evening News broadcast: https://kboo.fm/media/132140-evening-news-022326 Reporter Kerry Stewart Lengel is the host of Neuro Emergent, which airs on the fourth Wednesday of every month on KBOO Community Radio: https://kboo.fm/program/neuro-emergent
Carrie Siahpush, executive director of Portland’s PHAME Academy, gives KBOO a tour of their new campus and introduces some of their proudly neurodivergent students. PHAME is a nonprofit organization that provides arts education and performing opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. PHAME students will perform March 15 at the organization’s annual fundraising gala. Details available at phamepdx.org.
Audio story originally aired Monday, Feb. 23, as part of KBOO Community Radio’s Evening News broadcast: https://kboo.fm/media/132140-evening-news-022326 Reporter Kerry Stewart Lengel is the host of Neuro Emergent, which airs on the fourth Wednesday of every month on KBOO Community Radio: https://kboo.fm/program/neuro-emergent
