Disability Daily Podcast

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 calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Mark Pollock Mark Pollock | Unbroken | Talks at Google Mark Pollock - Future Takes Dinah Shore | Jewish Women's Archive Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark - Baby Its Cold Outside 1949 Ted Dale's Orchestra  Rare Disease Day   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

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 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more here: Jamie Cruz at the UN Taiwan in Time: Warrior in a wheelchair Liu's life a victory over misfortune - Taipei Times Disabled Revolutionary War Veterans and the Construction of Disability in the Early United States, c. 1776–1840   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

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 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 each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Quentin Kenihan's YouTube Channel Not All Superheroes Wear Capes  Quentin Kenihan dies suddenly at the age of 43 from a suspected asthma attack LA Times: Washington vs. Harper (1990) Splash!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves Ethelda Bleibtrey, the trailblazer for women’s swimming who was arrested due to her swimsuit About — Anosmia Awareness   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Margaret Leighton: Margaret Leighton continued acting after MS diagnosis  MARGARET LEIGHTON   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Otto Lechner: Once Again, Otto Lechner Makes a Guest Appearance at the JKU Circus of Knowledge | Institute of Applied Statistics  Wien: Otto Lechner, der Zieharmonikerspieler und Komponist  Otto Lechner & Peter Herbert: How Deep Is the Ocean   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Jessica Cox & Christopher Hewitt: Pilot Jessica Cox on Inside Edition Jessica Cox (official site) Christopher Hewitt -- disabled gay poet  Christopher Hewitt Papers   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Regina Olson Hughes & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator Ken Kesey and the Rush to Deinstitutionalization   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Ilya Zaslavskiy and Melissa Stockwell: "There Are No Invalids in the USSR!" A Missing Soviet Chapter in the New Disability History United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, 1986-1989  Melissa Stockwell describes the Paralympian mindset   Paralympian Triathlete Melissa Stockwell Is Giving Back to the Next Generation   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about FDR & CTE:   FDR and Polio - FDR Presidential Library & Museum Polio Paradise? Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Warm Springs, Physical Therapy, and Disability Culture History | March of Dimes January Cognitive Kit: CTE Awareness Day is Jan. 30      Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about The Seeing Eye and Frederick Delius: Our History - The Seeing Eye 90 Years Ago, Nashville makes history with "The Seeing Eye" Leah Broad · Static Opulence: Delius’s Worldliness The Delius Channel - YouTube      Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Dr. Masud Husain Khan & Alan Alda: Masud Husain Khan Prof Masood Hussain Khan turns 90 Alan Alda Opens Up About Beating Polio As A Child And His Current Battle With Parkinson's Alan Alda reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Judge Bryant and Seán Mac Diarmada: Why Disability Diversity Is Important in the Judiciary DISTRICT JUDGE TO RETIRE AFTER 16 YEARS OF SERVICE Vanessa L. Bryant '78 Retires From Federal Bench | School of Law  Seán Mac Diarmada Sean MacDiarmada (the Pride of Corranmore) Song    Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Jerron Paxton and Robby Novak: Jerron Paxton official website  Jerron Paxton - What’s Gonna Become Of Me performance At Just 25, Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton Channels the Spirit of a Bygone Era - The Village Voice  Where Is ‘Kid President’ Now? Robby Novak Talks Politics Today Kid President's Guide To Being Awesome   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Alexis Hillyard & Molly Holzschlag: An Evening with Molly Holzschlag  In Memory of Molly E. Holzschlag, the Fairy Godmother of the Web Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 | Obituary  The Web We Deserve, with Molly Holzschlag  Stump Kitchen - YouTube  My Best Kitchen Tool? Myself - Chatelaine Alexis Hillyard's Instagram   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Möbius Syndrome and Neil Diamond: Moebius Syndrome Foundation Neil Diamond on Living With Parkinson’s Disease: “I Can’t Really Fight This Thing, So I Had to Accept It” Neil Diamond “Hands.. washing hands” Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Ed Roberts: A CONVERSATION WITH ED ROBERTS CALIFORNIA Q&A Celebrating the Life of Disability Advocate, Ed Roberts - BAMSI Zona and Ed Roberts: Twentieth Century Pioneers | Independent Living Institute  "So I Decided to Be an Artichoke..." - Celebrate California  Oral History Interview with Edward V. Roberts  Ed Roberts' Wheelchair Records a Story of Obstacles Overcome | Smithsonian  World Institute on Disability  Ed Roberts' 78th Birthday - Google Doodle Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Ed Roberts Day  Ed Roberts - California Museum    Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Blind Willie Johnson: Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars | School Library Journal  Johnson, "Blind Willie"  Blind Willie Johnson - Wikipedia (song recording) Blind Willie Johnson | Kansas City Blues Society   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Gaelynn Lea: Gaelynn Lea - personal website  Gaelynn Lea: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert  Sexuality and Disability: Forging Identity in a World that Leaves You Out | Gaelynn Lea | TEDxYale Why I Choose Enrichment over Progress | Gaelynn Lea | TEDxGullLake   r/Music on Reddit: My name is Gaelynn Lea, I won last year's Tiny Desk Contest - now I'm touring the country with my violin & my husband Paul in our Ford Econline. AMA!  Gaelynn Lea (@gaelynnlea) • Instagram photos and videos    Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Nicholas Saunderson:   Nicholas Saunderson FRS - Scientists with disabilities | Royal Society  The Analogical Way: How Blind People Used to Do Mathematics Before the Computer Era   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Best Buddies: U.S. Programs - Best Buddies International International Programs History of the Best Buddies Keith Haring Logo   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Hargus Robbins: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum   Legacy.com Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Muhammad Ali: Meet Ali - Muhammad Ali Center  Neurologists who treated Muhammad Ali provide evidence for primary Parkinson’s diagnosis Muhammad Ali | Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan    Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Anders Ekeberg: Science News in ASL:  Elements and Anders Gustav Ekeberg Who Discovered Tantalum and When | Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center Anders Gustaf Ekeberg - Wikipedia 200th Anniversary: Anders Ekeberg’s Death - ChemistryViews Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 years, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Dr. Al-Singace, Robert Tarango, and Be My Eyes: Abduljalil Al-Singace | Human Rights Commission  Scholars at Risk: #FreeAlSingace Breaking Barriers and Feeling Through: Meet Robert Tarango, Deafblind Actor – BlindNewWorld Feeling Through - Apple TV FEELING THROUGH | Official Trailer (2021) Be My Eyes Be My Eyes: Hans Jørgen Wiberg at TEDxCopenhagen     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Clarence Carter: Q&A: Clarence Carter (interview) Hire Singer Clarence Carter for your Event Blues great Clarence Carter achieved independence and stardom stroke by stroke  Clarence Carter - Encyclopedia of Alabama Listen: I Can't See Myself   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Otto Bock and Ottobock: The Unknown Nazi Past of Prosthetic King Ottobock | Hans Georg Näder  Ottobock und die Nazi-Vergangenheit: Dunkle Flecken in der Heldengeschichte 100 years of Ottobock: the company's history  Paris 2024 Paralympics: Gold medal for Ottobock's responsiveness   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Andy Pleasants and Dave Stevens: How I Found Hope by Finding Myself | ANDERSON PLEASANTS | TEDxYouth@Buffalo  Anderson Pleasant's LinkedIn Profile Anderson Pleasants - YouTube Dave Stevens (amputee sportsman) - Wikipedia With successful career at ESPN, stint in independent baseball, Dave Stevens inspiring others Legendary Athlete Born Without Legs Headlines Abilities Expo   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Charles Dail: Interview with Dr. Roger Revelle Charles Dail - Wikipedia History: Salk Institute for Biological Studies   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Dr. Gunther von Hagens: Gunther von Hagens - Körperwelten (Body Worlds) Petra Kuppers, “Visions of Anatomy: Exhibitions and Dense Bodies,” Differences 15, no. 3 (December 2004): 123–156. BODY WORLDS: The Original Exhibition of Dr. Gunther von Hagens (short video) Physician, plastinate thyself: von Hagens reveals he's dying – and wants to be preserved The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (Rembrandt painting)  Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Tony Meléndez: Tony Melendez (official website) Living Real Radio, "Living Hands Free with Tony Melendez" 24 Nov 2019. Tony Melendez (video of 1987 performance) Thalidomide | Science Museum     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Dr. Stephen Hawking: The science of sadness (Cosmos Magazine) An Engineer's Quest To Save Stephen Hawking's Voice (NPR) Stephen Hawking’s Voice, Made By A Man Who Lost His Own  Stephen Hawking's 80th Birthday Doodle Stephen Hawking dies at age 76 (Sign 1 News; in American Sign Language) Stephen Hawking's Disability Wasn't Something To 'Overcome'   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Judge Myron Thompson: An Oral History of United States District Judge Myron H. Thompson Pathways to the Bench: U.S. District Court Judge Myron H. Thompson Polio Survivor Story: Myron Thompson  Wyatt v. Stickney - Disability Justice   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more about Tom Luckey: Coloring Book Pages — Luckey Climbers  Laura Longsworth, Luckey (Documentary on Amazon Prime; 84 minutes) Luckey LLC Eric Shanfelt, “A Profile of Climbing Structure Designer Tom Luckey,” Westchester Magazine, 18 June 2012.   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) ----- Learn more about Lucy Gwin: Mouth Magazine  Donna Jackel, “A rabble-rouser who found a righteous cause,” Rochester Beacon, 16 December 2021. Lucy Gwin Papers, UMass Amherst Libraries, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center. Odato, James M. “This Brain Had a Mouth,” nysarchivestrust.org. Odato, James M. This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2021. Justin Murphy, “Ten feet from a tornado: Rochester disability activist Lucy Gwin remembered in biography,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 30 December 2021.  "Disabled protesters: No duty to die." Asheville Citizen-Times. 9 January 1997, page 4.  Disability History Association Podcast - interview with James Odato on Lucy Gwin, 2022.   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound    

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 worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing! --- Learn more about Louis Braille: Louis Braille (1809-1852) - National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled Haben Girma - demonstrates a refreshable braille display (Girma is a Deafblind lawyer - please consider following her on social media!) Charles Barbier: A hidden story | Disability Studies Quarterly Braille music Louis Braille's Google Doodle Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing! --- Learn more about Dr. Bolotin: Neil Gale,  Dr. Jacob Bolotin (1888-1924); The world's first totally blind physician licensed to practice medicine, The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal (2019). Perlman, Rosalind. The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story. Santa Barbara, CA: Blue Point Books, 2007. Deborah Kendrick's review of Rosalind Perlman's The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story, in Braille Monitor (January 2008). "A Sixth Sense: Blind Man Reads His Friend's Mind," Western Gazette, Friday, 5 November 1909, page 10. "History," National Federation of the Blind website re: the Jacob Bolotin Awards. Mona Minkara, "Jacob Bolotin - Scientist of the Week," YouTube Video (00:01:39). Dr. Minkara is a blind scientist! Check out her website to learn more. Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing! It is currently best viewed on a laptop or desktop while I optimize mobile viewing).   Learn more: The Singing Words: On Jean Little and Belonging - The Emma Press Remembering Jean Little, C.M., Vic 5T5: A Life in Three Acts » Victoria College Ellis, Jason. "Exceptional educators: Canada’s first special education teachers, 1910–45." Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation (2018). Ross, Catherine. "An Interview with Jean Little." Canadian Children's Literature 34 (1984): 6-22. YouTube video: A Conversation with Canadian author Jean Little   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing! It is currently best viewed on a laptop or desktop while I optimize mobile viewing). ----------------------------- Learn more about Alan Reich: Kenneth Roman, “Alan Reich Never Stopped Running,” Valley News (West Lebanon, New Hampshire), Sunday, August 2, 2020, C1 & C3. Wolfgang Saxon, “Alan A. Reich, 75, a Leader in Fighting for the Disabled, Dies,” The New York Times, November 11, 2005.  “Disability Policy Views of Presidential Candidates,” C-SPAN, October 31, 2000. Reich starts speaking at 00:09:15.   “Voting Accessibility,” C-SPAN, October 5, 1987. Reich’s experiences are shared at 00:58:29. Alan A. Reich, FDR Memorial Legacy Committee Alan Anderson Reich - An International Public Servant, Rosarium Health Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | American Experience | PBS Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act | National Archives Guy C. McElroy audio and moving image collection, circa 1973-1990 Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE - WheelPower   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

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 recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: The Blind Physicist Who May Find E.T. Kent Cullers | EYEWAY American Sign Language, a language recognized | Gallaudet University Sign Languages - Deaf      Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Tom Olin Collection Tom Olin — Chief Photographer of the ABILITY Movement  RespectAbility Interviews Photographer and Activist Tom Olin     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Jimmy Scott | National Endowment for the Arts   'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Singer Jimmy Scott : NPR     Jimmy Scott-Sycamore Trees (Twin Peaks)   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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, I’ve worked on a 365-day calendar that recognizes different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: The Making of the ADA - Dick Thornburgh    Müzeyyen Senar's Google Doodle   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 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 each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Frida Kahlo biography Frida Kahlo | Famous Bi People  Jacobus tenBroek and the Right to Live in the World  Who Was Jacobus tenBroek?  The academic master was blind, but he still wrote a biography for a prostitute for ten years. In the turbulent times, the couple died together! - iMedia   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 different folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: "Gang of 19" activists occupy Denver intersection to protest inaccessibility on the city’s bus system | July 5, 1978 | HISTORY Transportation Protests: 1841 to 1992 — Civil Rights Teaching  Fundación Jeison Aristizábal  Breaking boundaries for people with disabilities. Go inside the new university founded by a CNN Hero of the Year with cerebral palsy  Hundreds of young people with disabilities are learning at a new university founded by CNN Hero of the Year Jeison Aristizábal   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: How a Medical Mystery Tilted the 1992 Election in Bill Clinton's Favor - POLITICO Magazine   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Redefining Disability and Inclusion - NCPEDP Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability The World Lost it’s Brightest Crusader of Disability Rights     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Averill John Wiley    Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 folks and key moments in disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more: Michael's Story | Parkinson's Disease Donald J. Kidd   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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 disability history each day of the year. I’m turning this into a quick daily podcast, and I’m excited to share this with you! If you’re committed to learning more about disability and accessibility, please subscribe to the podcast on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends. See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!) --- Learn more:  Biography of Mary Jane Owen   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound