Disability Daily Podcast
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
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Today we celebrate Taiwanese disability rights activist Chen Chieh-ju & blind French mathematician Bernard Morin.
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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 Chen Chieh-ju & Bernard Morin
Groups call for support for parents of the disabled - Taipei Times
Chen Chieh-ju (born 1944) - Wikipedia
The World of Blind Mathematicians
A Tribute to Bernard Morin (1931-2018)
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Transcript
Today we recognize deafened Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
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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 Bedřich Smetana:
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”), Bedřich Smetana
Smetana — String Quartet No. 1 "From my life" / Meccore String Quartet at Wigmore Hall
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
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Today we observe International Wheelchair Day, Day of Zero Discrimination, & Disability Day of Mourning, and kick off Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month!
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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:
Disability Day of Mourning
Disability Day of Mourning 2019 - Zoe Gross
Day of Mourning: Affirming the Value of Disabled People’s Lives
Heal Grief
2025 DD Awareness Month: We’re Here All Year! – NACDD
International Wheelchair Day
Zero Discrimination Day is observed each year on 1 March | UNAIDS
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Transcript
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!
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:
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 Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
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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
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
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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
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
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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.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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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
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
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 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate disability rights activists Bob Kafka (quadriplegia) and Stella Young (osteogenesis imperfecta)!
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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 Bob Kafka and Stella Young:
Unleashing the power and diversity of voters with disabilities (Bob Kafka)
Barrier Free Futures Podcast
Stella Young: I'm Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much (TEDx Talk)
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Transcript
Today we wish a happy birthday to Indian scientist with cerebral palsy, Dr. Akshansh Gupta!
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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 Dr. Akshansh Gupta:
Meet the man who didn't let cerebral palsy win
Scientist with cerebral palsy working on deep learning architecture to ease functioning of differently-abled people | Department Of Science & Technology
DCB Drisya : Invited Lecture by Akshansh Gupta- Bioindica'16
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound