Disability Daily Podcast

January 28: Dr. Masud Husain Khan & Alan Alda

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Today we celebrate Indian linguist Dr. Masud Husain Khan and American actor Alan Alda!
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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. Masud Husain Khan & Alan Alda:
Masud Husain Khan
Prof Masood Hussain Khan turns 90
Alan Alda Opens Up About Beating Polio As A Child And His Current Battle With Parkinson's
Alan Alda reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 27: Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant & Seán Mac Diarmada

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Today we recognize legally blind Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant and polio survivor Seán Mac Diarmada!
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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 Judge Bryant and Seán Mac Diarmada:
Why Disability Diversity Is Important in the Judiciary
DISTRICT JUDGE TO RETIRE AFTER 16 YEARS OF SERVICE
Vanessa L. Bryant '78 Retires From Federal Bench | School of Law 
Seán Mac Diarmada
Sean MacDiarmada (the Pride of Corranmore) Song 
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 26: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton & Robby Novak

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Today we celebrate musician Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton and YouTuber "Kid President" Robby Novak, who has 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.
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Learn more about Jerron Paxton and Robby Novak:
Jerron Paxton official website 
Jerron Paxton - What’s Gonna Become Of Me performance
At Just 25, Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton Channels the Spirit of a Bygone Era - The Village Voice 
Where Is ‘Kid President’ Now? Robby Novak Talks Politics Today
Kid President's Guide To Being Awesome
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
 
 

January 25: Alexis Hillyard & Molly Holzschlag

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Today we wish a happy birthday to YouTube chef with limb difference Alexis Hillyard and "Fairy Godmother of the Web" Molly Holzschlag with aplastic anemia.
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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 Alexis Hillyard & Molly Holzschlag:
An Evening with Molly Holzschlag 
In Memory of Molly E. Holzschlag, the Fairy Godmother of the Web
Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 | Obituary 
The Web We Deserve, with Molly Holzschlag 
Stump Kitchen - YouTube 
My Best Kitchen Tool? Myself - Chatelaine
Alexis Hillyard's Instagram
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
 
 

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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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 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!
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.
See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)
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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!
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 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!
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 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!
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 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!
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 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