Disability Daily Podcast

January 8: Dr. Stephen Hawking

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Today we celebrate renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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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. Stephen Hawking:
The science of sadness (Cosmos Magazine)
An Engineer's Quest To Save Stephen Hawking's Voice (NPR)
Stephen Hawking’s Voice, Made By A Man Who Lost His Own 
Stephen Hawking's 80th Birthday Doodle
Stephen Hawking dies at age 76 (Sign 1 News; in American Sign Language)
Stephen Hawking's Disability Wasn't Something To 'Overcome'
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 7: Judge Myron Thompson

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Today we wish a happy birthday to Judge Myron H. Thompson, polio survivor and Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
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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 Judge Myron Thompson:
An Oral History of United States District Judge Myron H. Thompson
Pathways to the Bench: U.S. District Court Judge Myron H. Thompson
Polio Survivor Story: Myron Thompson 
Wyatt v. Stickney - Disability Justice
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 6: Tom Luckey

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Happy Birthday to quadriplegic American architect and sculptor Tom Luckey!
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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 Tom Luckey:
Coloring Book Pages — Luckey Climbers 
Laura Longsworth, Luckey (Documentary on Amazon Prime; 84 minutes)
Luckey LLC
Eric Shanfelt, “A Profile of Climbing Structure Designer Tom Luckey,” Westchester Magazine, 18 June 2012.
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 5: Lucy Gwin

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Today we celebrate American disability activist Lucy Gwin, founder of Mouth Magazine.
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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 Lucy Gwin:
Mouth Magazine 
Donna Jackel, “A rabble-rouser who found a righteous cause,” Rochester Beacon, 16 December 2021.
Lucy Gwin Papers, UMass Amherst Libraries, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center.
Odato, James M. “This Brain Had a Mouth,” nysarchivestrust.org.
Odato, James M. This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2021.
Justin Murphy, “Ten feet from a tornado: Rochester disability activist Lucy Gwin remembered in biography,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 30 December 2021.
 "Disabled protesters: No duty to die." Asheville Citizen-Times. 9 January 1997, page 4. 
Disability History Association Podcast - interview with James Odato on Lucy Gwin, 2022.
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
 
 

January 4: Louis Braille

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Today is World Braille Day, which commemorates the birthday of Louis Braille, a French blind instructor, musician, and inventor of a tactile system for reading and writing.
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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 Louis Braille:
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
Haben Girma - demonstrates a refreshable braille display (Girma is a Deafblind lawyer - please consider following her on social media!)
Charles Barbier: A hidden story | Disability Studies Quarterly
Braille music
Louis Braille's Google Doodle
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 3: Dr. Jacob Bolotin

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Today we honor Dr. Jacob Bolotin, who attended Chicago Medical School and is recognized as the first practicing blind physician.
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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. Bolotin:
Neil Gale,  Dr. Jacob Bolotin (1888-1924); The world's first totally blind physician licensed to practice medicine, The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal (2019).
Perlman, Rosalind. The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story. Santa Barbara, CA: Blue Point Books, 2007.
Deborah Kendrick's review of Rosalind Perlman's The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story, in Braille Monitor (January 2008).
"A Sixth Sense: Blind Man Reads His Friend's Mind," Western Gazette, Friday, 5 November 1909, page 10.
"History," National Federation of the Blind website re: the Jacob Bolotin Awards.
Mona Minkara, "Jacob Bolotin - Scientist of the Week," YouTube Video (00:01:39). Dr. Minkara is a blind scientist! Check out her website to learn more.
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 2: Jean Little

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Today we remember celebrated blind Canadian children’s author Jean Little.
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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:
The Singing Words: On Jean Little and Belonging - The Emma Press
Remembering Jean Little, C.M., Vic 5T5: A Life in Three Acts » Victoria College
Ellis, Jason. "Exceptional educators: Canada’s first special education teachers, 1910–45." Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation (2018).
Ross, Catherine. "An Interview with Jean Little." Canadian Children's Literature 34 (1984): 6-22.
YouTube video: A Conversation with Canadian author Jean Little
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 1: Alan Reich

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Today we honor disability activist Alan Reich on his 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 Alan Reich:
Kenneth Roman, “Alan Reich Never Stopped Running,” Valley News (West Lebanon, New Hampshire), Sunday, August 2, 2020, C1 & C3.
Wolfgang Saxon, “Alan A. Reich, 75, a Leader in Fighting for the Disabled, Dies,” The New York Times, November 11, 2005. 
“Disability Policy Views of Presidential Candidates,” C-SPAN, October 31, 2000. Reich starts speaking at 00:09:15.  
“Voting Accessibility,” C-SPAN, October 5, 1987. Reich’s experiences are shared at 00:58:29.
Alan A. Reich, FDR Memorial Legacy Committee
Alan Anderson Reich - An International Public Servant, Rosarium Health
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act, Guy McElroy & Tanni Grey-Thompson

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Today we celebrate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990; paraplegic art historian Guy McElroy; and Welsh Paralympic racer Tanni Grey-Thompson!
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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:
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | American Experience | PBS
Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act | National Archives
Guy C. McElroy audio and moving image collection, circa 1973-1990
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE - WheelPower
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
 

July 21: Dr. Kent Cullers & Dr. William Stokoe

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Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate blind physicist and astronomer Dr. Kent Cullers and ASL linguist Dr. William Stokoe!
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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:
The Blind Physicist Who May Find E.T.
Kent Cullers | EYEWAY
American Sign Language, a language recognized | Gallaudet University
Sign Languages - Deaf   
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound