Disability Daily Podcast
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Transcript
Today we acknowledge the eugenic legacy of Buck v. Bell (1927), a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the forced sterilization of people deemed unfit to reproduce.
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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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Emma, Carrie, Vivian | Hidden Brain : NPR
The Right to Self-Determination: Freedom from Involuntary Sterilization - Disability Justice
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Transcript
Today we recognize quadriplegic American architect Dr. Charles Cofield and Deaf American sculptor Douglas Tilden.
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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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Behind the Diary: Douglas Tilden
Deaf Heroes: Douglas Tilden
Dr. Charles Cofield
Charles A. Cofield, 1970s | MIT Black History
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
Transcript
Today we recognize Jillian Mercado, an American model and actress with spastic muscular dystrophy.
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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:
Jillian Mercado (@jillianmercado) - Instagram
Jillian Mercado
Jillian Mercado's YouTube Channel
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Michela Alioto-Pier, a paraplegic American politician and disability rights advocate.
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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:
Former Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier - District 2
PROFILE: Michela Alioto-Pier / Politics is in the blood for new supervisor
Dust Up in San Francisco over Wheelchair Ramp : NPR
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Saturday May 03, 2025
Saturday May 03, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate the conclusion of the Section 504 Sit-Ins on this day in 1977!
Be sure to listen to the April 5 episode for additional context first.
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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:
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
April 28, 1977: Disability Rights Sit-Ins Force Enactment of Section 504 - Zinn Education Project
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Saturday May 03, 2025
Saturday May 03, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember the founding of Not Dead Yet, an American disability rights group started by Diane Coleman that opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia.
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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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A Brief History of Not Dead Yet
Assisted Suicide and Disability by Diane Coleman
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember South African disability rights advocate with osteogenesis imperfecta Madge Bester and blind American roller derby skater Sammy Skobel.
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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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Worlds former shortest woman, Madge Bester, passes away
From Roller Derby To Skiing: Skobel Will Be Remembered - Journal & Topics Media Group
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate neuroscientist and sensory substitution pioneer Dr. David Eagleman and blind Jewish-Algerian singer and musician Reinette L'Oranaise.
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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:
Podcast – David Eagleman
The Brain with David Eagleman
David Eagleman: Can we create new senses for humans? | TED Talk
The Blind Luminary of Arabo-Andalusian Music - World Jewish Congress
Birth of Sultana Daoud | Jewish Women's Archive
Reinette l'Oranaise - Nhabek Nhabek [Jewish-Arab music from Algeria]
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Transcript
Today we honor Polish photographer with visual impairment Zofia Nasierowska and Jamaican reggae singer and polio survivor Apple Gabriel!
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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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HISTORY | Apple Gabriel
Zofia Nasierowska's Google Doodle
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Transcript
Today we recognize French author with locked-in syndrome Jean-Dominique Bauby & French blind historian Dr. Zina Weygand.
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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:
"Zina Weygand, le sens de l'invisible" - A Vous De Voir
He could only move his left eye | The Philosophy of Jean-Dominique Bauby
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound