Disability Daily Podcast
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Deaf Olympic volleyball player David Smith!
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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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Team USA
David Smith: Born with severe hearing loss in both ears and relying on lip-reading, US Olympian is representing others like him | CNN
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Deaf actress Deanne Bray!
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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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An Interview With First Deaf Television Star Deanne Bray-Kotsur
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate two extraordinary blind musicians: Stevie Wonder and Manfredo Fest!
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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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Manfredo Fest's Google Doodle
How Stevie Wonder Lost His Sight
The Oprah Conversation — Stevie Wonder Talks About Seeing Color
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Saturday May 17, 2025
Saturday May 17, 2025
Transcript
Today we remember Deaf Norwegian astronomer Olaf Hassel and the coronation speech of King George VI.
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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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Deaf People in Astronomy and Rocket Science: Olaf Hassel
Stuttering and The King's Speech
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Saturday May 17, 2025
Saturday May 17, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and English sociologist with dwarfism Sir Thomas William Shakespeare.
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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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Signs of dementia, Parkinson's revealed in the brushstrokes of famous painters, study says | CBC Radio
Disability Studies Lecture: When Disability Is the Norm, Not the Exception, Sir Tom Shakespeare
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Seattle-based disability rights advocate with muscular dystrophy Ida Daly & actress with Down Syndrome Lauren Potter.
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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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Ida Flagler Daly papers, 1953-1975
Seattle Disability Activism Historic Context Study
Lauren Potter (@thelaurenpotter)
Podcast: Glee's Lauren Potter (aka Becky Jackson) Shares About Having Down Syndrome — DNA Today
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate blind Vietnamese-American chef Christine Hà!
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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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Christine Ha: The Blind Chef That Competed for MasterChef And Shocked Gordon Ramsay
Christine Ha - YouTube
The Blind Goat
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate filmmaker and sound designer with spina bifida Jim LeBrecht, Deaf actor Nyle DiMarco, and the anniversary of nonspeaking autistic student Elizabeth Bonker’s valedictorian speech (2022).
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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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Be the Light: Elizabeth Bonker’s 2022 Valedictorian Speech at Rollins College Commencement
A nonspeaking valedictorian with autism gives her college's commencement speech : NPR
A Conversation with Elizabeth Bonker - Uniquely Human: The Podcast
Elizabeth Bonker & The Bleeding Hearts
‘Crip Camp’ Brings the Inclusion Revolution to the Oscars
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020; 106 minutes)
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act (2025; 53 minutes)
Nyle DiMarco
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Transcript
Today we celebrate Keith McGee, the first disabled veteran in NASCAR history, and National Barrier Awareness Day.
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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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NASCAR Driver Keith McGee is a ‘Beacon of Hope’ for Veterans
Proclamation 5472 -- National Barrier Awareness Day, 1986 | Ronald Reagan
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Transcript
Today we recognize Andrew Gurza, a sex-positive podcaster with cerebral palsy.
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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 in the LGBTQ+ Community | Andrew Gurza Disability After Dark | Queer and Disabled
Podcast: Disability After Dark — Andrew Gurza
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound