Disability Daily Podcast

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!
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 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
 

February 2: Jessica Cox & Christopher Hewitt

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Today we celebrate armless American pilot Jessica Cox and British poet with osteogenesis imperfecta Christopher Hewitt.
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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 Jessica Cox & Christopher Hewitt:
Pilot Jessica Cox on Inside Edition
Jessica Cox (official site)
Christopher Hewitt -- disabled gay poet 
Christopher Hewitt Papers
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

February 1: Regina Olson Hughes & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Today we remember Deaf scientific illustrator Regina Olson Hughes and Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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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 Regina Olson Hughes & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest:
“Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator
Ken Kesey and the Rush to Deinstitutionalization
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 31: Ilya Zaslavskiy and Melissa Stockwell

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Today we celebrate Russian politician and disability advocate Ilya Zaslavskiy and U.S. Paralympian and amputee Melissa Stockwell.
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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 Ilya Zaslavskiy and Melissa Stockwell:
"There Are No Invalids in the USSR!" A Missing Soviet Chapter in the New Disability History
United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, 1986-1989 
Melissa Stockwell describes the Paralympian mindset  
Paralympian Triathlete Melissa Stockwell Is Giving Back to the Next Generation
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

January 30: President Franklin D. Roosevelt & Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day

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Today we remember polio survivor Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) 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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Learn more about FDR & CTE:
 
FDR and Polio - FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Polio Paradise? Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Warm Springs, Physical Therapy, and Disability Culture
History | March of Dimes
January Cognitive Kit: CTE Awareness Day is Jan. 30   
 
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound