Disability Daily Podcast

January 24: Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day & Neil Diamond

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Today we celebrate Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day & American musician Neil Diamond's birthday.
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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
 
 

January 23: Ed Roberts

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Happy Ed Roberts Day! Today we commemorate the extraordinary life and work of Ed Roberts, father of the disability rights and independent living movements.
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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!
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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
 
 

January 22: Blind Willie Johnson

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Today we remember American gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson.
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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!
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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
 
 

January 21: Gaelynn Lea

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Today we wish a happy birthday to Gaelynn Lea, American folk musician and disability advocate with osteogenesis imperfecta born January 21, 1984.
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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!
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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
 
 

January 20: Nicholas Saunderson

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Today we recognize blind English mathematician and educator Nicolas Saunderson.
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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!
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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
 
 

January 19: Best Buddies International

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On this day in 1989, Best Buddies International was founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver.
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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!
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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

January 18: Hargus "Pig" Robbins

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Happy Birthday to blind American keyboardist Hargus Melvin "Pig" Robbins! 
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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!
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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
 
 

January 17: Muhammad Ali

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Today we celebrate the GOAT himself, Muhammad Ali, who was dyslexic and had Parkinson’s disease.
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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!
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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

January 16: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg

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Today we celebrate deaf Swedish analytical chemist Anders Ekeberg, who discovered tantalum.
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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!
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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

January 15: Dr. Al-Singace, Robert Tarango, and Be My Eyes

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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.
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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!
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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