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Disability Daily Podcast
by Katie Healey, PhD, CPACC
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
Episodes
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February 29: Rare Disease Day, Mark Pollock & Dinah Shore
Transcript Today we observe Rare Disease Day and recognize blind and paralyzed athlete and explorer Mark Pollock and polio survivor, singer & actress Dinah Shore! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day...
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February 28: Jaime Cruz Juscamaita, Liu Hsia, & Act to Regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions
Transcript Today we recognize Peruvian disability activist Jaime Cruz Juscamaita, Taiwanese author Liu Hsia, and the 1793 Act to Regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a...
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February 27: Ethelda Bleibtrey, Quentin Kenihan, Anosmia Awareness Day, Washington vs. Harper
Transcript Today we celebrate American polio survivor and Olympic swimmer Ethelda Bleibtrey and Australian disability rights activist and actor with osteogenesis imperfecta Quentin Kenihan. We recognize Anosmia Awareness Day and the anniversary of the Washington vs. Harper decision. ---- Hello…
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February 26: Margaret Leighton
Transcript Today we remember British actress Margaret Leighton, who had multiple sclerosis. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability...
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February 25: Otto Lechner
Transcript Today we wish a happy birthday to blind Austrian accordionist & composer Otto Lechner! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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February 2: Jessica Cox & Christopher Hewitt
Transcript Today we celebrate armless American pilot Jessica Cox and British poet with osteogenesis imperfecta Christopher Hewitt. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes...
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February 1: Regina Olson Hughes & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Transcript Today we remember Deaf scientific illustrator Regina Olson Hughes and Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes...
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January 31: Ilya Zaslavskiy and Melissa Stockwell
Transcript Today we celebrate Russian politician and disability advocate Ilya Zaslavskiy and U.S. Paralympian and amputee Melissa Stockwell. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that...
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January 30: President Franklin D. Roosevelt & Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day
Transcript Today we remember polio survivor Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Awareness Day. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different...
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January 29: The Seeing Eye & Frederick Delius
Transcript Today we celebrate the founding of the Seeing Eye in 1929 and the birthday of English composer, Frederick Delius. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different...
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January 28: Dr. Masud Husain Khan & Alan Alda
Transcript Today we celebrate Indian linguist Dr. Masud Husain Khan and American actor Alan Alda! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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January 27: Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant & Seán Mac Diarmada
Transcript Today we recognize legally blind Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant and polio survivor Seán Mac Diarmada! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key...
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January 26: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton & Robby Novak
Transcript Today we celebrate musician Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton and YouTuber "Kid President" Robby Novak, who has osteogenesis imperfecta. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that…
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January 25: Alexis Hillyard & Molly Holzschlag
Transcript Today we wish a happy birthday to YouTube chef with limb difference Alexis Hillyard and "Fairy Godmother of the Web" Molly Holzschlag with aplastic anemia. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a...
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January 24: Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day & Neil Diamond
Transcript Today we celebrate Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day & American musician Neil Diamond's birthday. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments…
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January 23: Ed Roberts
Transcript Happy Ed Roberts Day! Today we commemorate the extraordinary life and work of Ed Roberts, father of the disability rights and independent living movements. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a...
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January 22: Blind Willie Johnson
Transcript Today we remember American gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history...
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January 21: Gaelynn Lea
Transcript Today we wish a happy birthday to Gaelynn Lea, American folk musician and disability advocate with osteogenesis imperfecta born January 21, 1984. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day...
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January 20: Nicholas Saunderson
Transcript Today we recognize blind English mathematician and educator Nicolas Saunderson. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability...
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January 19: Best Buddies International
Transcript On this day in 1989, Best Buddies International was founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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January 18: Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Transcript Happy Birthday to blind American keyboardist Hargus Melvin "Pig" Robbins! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability…
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January 17: Muhammad Ali
Transcript Today we celebrate the GOAT himself, Muhammad Ali, who was dyslexic and had Parkinson’s disease. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key…
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January 16: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
Transcript Today we celebrate deaf Swedish analytical chemist Anders Ekeberg, who discovered tantalum. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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January 15: Dr. Al-Singace, Robert Tarango, and Be My Eyes
Transcript Today we celebrate Bahraini mechanical engineer and human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace; DeafBlind actor Robert Tarango; and the anniversary of the launch of Be My Eyes. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple...
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January 14: Clarence Carter
Transcript Today we celebrate blind American musician and singer-songwriter Clarence Carter. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in…
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January 13: Ottobock Prosthetics founded
Transcript On this day in 1919, German prosthetics company Ottobock was founded to help wounded soldiers. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments...
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January 12: Andy Pleasants and Dave Stevens
Transcript Today we celebrate Anderson “Andy” Pleasants (American Deaf and craniofacial difference advocate) and Dave Stevens (American athlete and sports broadcaster born without legs). ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years,...
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January 11: Charles Dail
Transcript Today we celebrate Charles Dail, a polio survivor and mayor of San Diego, CA. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability...
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January 10: Gunther von Hagens
Transcript Today we discuss German anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens, plastination, and his Body Worlds exhibits. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key...
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January 9: Tony Meléndez
Transcript Today we celebrate Tony Meléndez, renowned guitarist born without arms. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history...
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January 8: Dr. Stephen Hawking
Transcript Today we celebrate renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different...
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January 7: Judge Myron Thompson
Transcript Today we wish a happy birthday to Judge Myron H. Thompson, polio survivor and Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked…
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January 6: Tom Luckey
Transcript Happy Birthday to quadriplegic American architect and sculptor Tom Luckey! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability…
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January 5: Lucy Gwin
Transcript Today we celebrate American disability activist Lucy Gwin, founder of Mouth Magazine. --- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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January 4: Louis Braille
Transcript Today is World Braille Day, which commemorates the birthday of Louis Braille, a French blind instructor, musician, and inventor of a tactile system for reading and writing. --- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve...
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January 3: Dr. Jacob Bolotin
Transcript Today we honor Dr. Jacob Bolotin, who attended Chicago Medical School and is recognized as the first practicing blind physician. --- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that…
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January 2: Jean Little
Transcript Today we remember celebrated blind Canadian children’s author Jean Little. ------ Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability...
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January 1: Alan Reich
Transcript Today we honor disability activist Alan Reich on his birthday. ----------------------------------------- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key...
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July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act, Guy McElroy & Tanni Grey-Thompson
Transcript Today we celebrate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990; paraplegic art historian Guy McElroy; and Welsh Paralympic racer Tanni Grey-Thompson! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve...
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July 21: Dr. Kent Cullers & Dr. William Stokoe
Transcript Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate blind physicist and astronomer Dr. Kent Cullers and ASL linguist Dr. William Stokoe! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that...
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July 22: Tom Olin
Transcript Today we celebrate dyslexic photojournalist and documentarian of the disability rights movement, Tom Olin! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and...
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July 17: Jimmy Scott
Transcript Today we celebrate legendary jazz singer with Kallmann syndrome, Jimmy Scott! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability...
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July 16: Dick Thornburgh & Müzeyyen Senar
Transcript Today we celebrate Pennsylvania governor, U.S. Attorney General, and disability rights lawyer Richard Thornburgh and classical Turkish singer with a stutter Müzeyyen Senar! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years…
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July 6: Frida Kahlo, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek & Chen Yinke
Transcript Today we celebrate polio and bus accident survivor and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; blind lawyer and founder of the National Federation of the Blind Dr. Jacobus tenBroek; and hard of hearing and low-vision Chinese historian Chen Yinke. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily...
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July 5: Gang of 19 Protest & Jeison Aristizábal
Transcript Today we celebrate the Gang of 19 Protest and Colombian disability rights lawyer with cerebral palsy, Jeison Aristizábal! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes...
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June 12: George Herbert Walker Bush
Transcript Today we remember U.S. president with Graves’ and Parkinson’s disease, George Herbert Walker Bush. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key...
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June 11: Javed Abidi
Transcript Today we celebrate Indian disability rights activist with spina bifida, Javed Abidi! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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June 10: Averill John Wiley
Transcript Today we honor Deaf American environmental scientist and bacteriologist Averill John Wiley! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in...
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June 9: Michael J. Fox & Dr. Donald J. Kidd
Transcript Today we celebrate actor and advocate with Parkinson’s disease Michael J. Fox and Deaf geologist Dr. Donald J. Kidd! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different...
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June 8: Mary Jane Owen
Transcript Today we remember blind disability rights advocate and philosopher Mary Jane Owen! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in…
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