Disability Daily Podcast

February 12: Ray Kurzweil & Abraham Lincoln

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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
 

February 11: Thomas Edison

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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

February 10: Christine Griffin

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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
 

February 9: Rick Cardenas

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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!
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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
 

February 8: Elizabeth Bishop

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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!
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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
 

February 7: Dr. Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Dr. George Andree & Barbara Turnbull

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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

February 6: James H. Scheuer

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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!
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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
 

February 5: Sean Forbes & John Callahan

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Today we celebrate Deaf American hip hop artist Sean Forbes and quadriplegic American cartoonist John Callahan!
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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 Sean Forbes and John Callahan:
DPAN.TV
Wawa Snipe and Sean Forbes ASL Performance at Super Bowl LVI
Sean Forbes "Let's Mambo" Ft. Marlee Matlin
Sean Forbes "I'm Deaf"   
John Callahan, Cartoonist, Dies at 59 - The New York Times 
John Callahan | He Won't Get Far On Foot | Documentary
John Callahan -- The Cartoonist - ABILITY Magazine 
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

February 4: Rebecca Alexander & Nkosi Johnson

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We wish a happy birthday to Deafblind American psychotherapist Rebecca Alexander and South African HIV/AIDS advocate Nkosi 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!
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 Rebecca Alexander & Nkosi Johnson:
Rebecca Alexander (official site) 
Faces Behind the Screen: Rebecca Alexander
Inside Rebecca Alexander’s campaign for disability rights (video, 8:39)
Celebrating Nkosi Johnson (Google Doodle)
Nkosi Johnson, South Africa - KidsRights Foundation
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

February 3: Tim Cranmer

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Today we celebrate blind American inventor Tim Cranmer.
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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 Tim Cranmer:
Reporters Look At Technology for Blind
Tim Cranmer Dies
Cranmer Abacus (with videos)
Cranmer Abacus | National Museum of American History
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound