Episodes

Monday Feb 17, 2025
February 15: Galileo
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Italian astronomer, physicist, and inventor Galileo Galilei, who went blind later in life.
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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 Galileo:
Galileo, solar observing, and eye safety
The enigma of Galileo's eyesight: some novel observations on Galileo Galilei's vision and his progression to blindness
Galileo - Stanford SOLAR Center
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Friday Feb 14, 2025
February 14: James E. Hanger's artificial leg patent & Lionel Aldridge
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Transcript
Today is the anniversary of amputee James E. Hanger's Patent No. 111,741 for his “Improvement in Artificial Legs" & NFL champion and mental health advocate Lionel Aldridge's birthday!
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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 James E. Hanger & Lionel Aldridge:
The Hanger Prosthetic Leg - Amplitude
US111741A - Improvement in artificial legs - Google Patents
The Story of James E. Hanger: Amputee Turned Entrepreneur
Lionel Aldridge: Great man, great career, troubled life
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Thursday Feb 13, 2025
February 13: Robert Finley & Wingy Manone
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate blind blues & soul singer-songwriter Robert Finley and one-armed jazz trumpeter & singer Wingy Manone.
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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 Robert Finley & Wingy Manone:
Robert Finley - Music Maker
Robert Finley Blind Veteran Original Song Get It While You Can | America's Got Talent 2019 Audition
Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone - Tar Paper Stomp (In the Mood Origins)
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Thursday Feb 13, 2025
February 12: Ray Kurzweil & Abraham Lincoln
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate assistive technology pioneer Ray Kurzweil and President Abraham Lincoln.
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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 Ray Kurzweil & Abraham Lincoln:
Raymond Kurzweil, Ph.D.
An Oral History Interview with Ray Kurzweil
NIHF Inductee Raymond Kurzweil and Optical Character Recognition
Kurzweil's Revolutionary reading devices for the blind
Exploring Abraham Lincoln's 'Melancholy' : NPR
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President And Fueled His Greatness
Abraham Lincoln and Marfan syndrome
A Charter and a Champion: The Meaning of Lincoln's Legacy at Gallaudet | Office of the President
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers – Pieces of History
History of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
February 11: Thomas Edison
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember American inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator Thomas Edison.
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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 Thomas Edison:
Robert Friedman owns Thomas Edison's piano. What do the bite marks mean?
What I Learned From Thomas Edison’s Bite Marks
MORSE CODE USED TO TALK WITH EDISON
Five successful people you probably didn’t know had dyslexia and dyspraxia!
Thomas Edison quotes
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Monday Feb 10, 2025
February 10: Christine Griffin
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate American lawyer and disability rights advocate Christine Griffin!
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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 Christine Griffin:
Reflections on Life as a Risk Taker by Christine Griffin
Christine Griffin – ADALive!
Christine Griffin
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Sunday Feb 09, 2025
February 9: Rick Cardenas
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember quadriplegic disability rights activist Rick Cardenas.
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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, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and share with friends.
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Learn more about Rick Cardenas:
Disability Viewpoints: April 2021 - Remembering Rick Cardenas
Remembering our Rick: Cardenas a community "hero" | Access Press
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Saturday Feb 08, 2025
February 8: Elizabeth Bishop
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Elizabeth Bishop, Pulitzer-prize winning American author and poet with chronic and severe asthma and eczema.
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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 Elizabeth Bishop:
Elizabeth Bishop’s Eczema - Ploughshares
Elizabeth Bishop: Art From Life and Life Itself - The London Magazine
Elizabeth Bishop - National Poetry Month 2020
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Saturday Feb 08, 2025
February 7: Dr. Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Dr. George Andree & Barbara Turnbull
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate autistic advocate Dr. Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Deaf dentist Dr. George Andree, and quadriplegic journalist Barbara Turnbull.
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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 Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, George Andree & Barbara Turnbull:
"I, Too, Sing Neurodiversity" by Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
LISTEN: Black, female and autistic — hiding in plain sight
Advocate, Scholar, Mom, Changemaker
It Happened at Michigan — A dentist’s silent world | The University Record
Barbara Turnbull - Advocate For Disabled Individuals Tells Her Inspiring Story
Barbara Turnbull remembered as trailblazer, 'beautiful writer' | CBC News
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Saturday Feb 08, 2025
February 6: James H. Scheuer
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember 13-term New York congressperson and polio survivor James H. Scheuer.
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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 James Scheuer:
James H. Scheuer, 13-Term New York Congressman, Is Dead at 85
James H. Scheuer Papers - Philadelphia Area Archives
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound