Disability Daily Podcast
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Saturday Feb 28, 2026
Saturday Feb 28, 2026
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Today we observe Rare Disease Day and recognize blind and paralyzed athlete and explorer Mark Pollock and polio survivor, singer & actress Dinah Shore!
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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:
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
Saturday Feb 28, 2026
Saturday Feb 28, 2026
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.
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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!
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.
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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
Friday Feb 27, 2026
Friday Feb 27, 2026
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.
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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!
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.
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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
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Transcript
Today we remember British actress Margaret Leighton, who had multiple sclerosis.
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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!
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.
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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
Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Transcript
Today we wish a happy birthday to blind Austrian accordionist & composer Otto Lechner!
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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!
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!)
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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
Monday Feb 02, 2026
Monday Feb 02, 2026
Transcript
Today we celebrate armless American pilot Jessica Cox and British poet with osteogenesis imperfecta Christopher Hewitt.
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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!
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!)
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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
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
Transcript
Today we remember Deaf scientific illustrator Regina Olson Hughes and Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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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!
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!)
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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
Saturday Jan 31, 2026
Saturday Jan 31, 2026
Transcript
Today we celebrate Russian politician and disability advocate Ilya Zaslavskiy and U.S. Paralympian and amputee Melissa Stockwell.
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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!
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!)
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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
Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
Transcript
Today we remember polio survivor Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Awareness Day.
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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!
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!)
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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
Thursday Jan 29, 2026
Thursday Jan 29, 2026
Transcript
Today we celebrate the founding of the Seeing Eye in 1929 and the birthday of English composer, Frederick Delius.
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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!
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!)
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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