Disability Daily Podcast

Transcript Today we remember Robert Smithdas, American educator and poet considered the first deaf-blind person in the United States to earn a master’s degree! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate hard of hearing actor Gideon Glick! ---- 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 com...

Transcript Today we celebrate politician and polio survivor James Glenn Beall, hard of hearing anthropologist Dr. Ruth Benedict, poet with osteogenesis imperfecta Philippe Rahmy and Deaf sound artist Christine Sun Kim! ---- 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 k...

Transcript Today we celebrate Susan Sygall, American disability rights activist, MacArthur Fellow & co-founder and CEO of Mobility International USA! ---- 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 turnin...

Transcript Today we celebrate quadriplegic and diabetic amputee musician Curtis Mayfield & dyslexic journalist Anderson Cooper! ---- 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 da...

Transcript Today we celebrate Deaf American scientist, science educator, and historian, Dr. Harry Lang! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate the Father of Deaf Education in Africa, Andrew Foster & triple amputee & pediatrician, Dr. Kellie Lim! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate disability rights activist with cerebral palsy Hale Zukas & disabled British suffragette & polio survivor Rosa May Billinghurst! ---- 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 yea...

Transcript Today we recognize the filing of Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital in 1974. ---- 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 t...

Transcript Today we celebrate Deaf American agricultural bacteriologist Dr. Harold J. Conn! ---- 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 th...

Transcript Today we honor blind Brazilian educator and advocate Dorina de Gouvêa Nowill! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we remember actor with COPD & Parkinson’s disease, Vincent Price! ---- 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 wi...

Transcript Today we celebrate blind composer & musician, Moondog! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we remember pianist & composer Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins. ---- 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!...

Transcript Today we remember Deaf cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig & Deaf FBI agent & master lipreader Sue Thomas. ---- 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...

Transcript Today we remember Deaf Major League Baseball player William “Dummy” Hoy who’s credited with helping to popularize the use of hand signals in baseball. ---- 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’...

Transcript Today we celebrate paraplegic Nigerian disability rights activist and polio survivor Georgina Mumba & indigenous, LGBTQ+, and HIV/AIDS activist Barbara May Cameron! ---- 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 d...

Transcript Today we celebrate neurodiversity champion Vanessa Castañeda Gill & disability rights activist and psychotherapist with cerebral palsy Harilyn Rousso! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate quadriplegic Pakistani psychiatrist Dr. Anam Najam & Bolivian disability rights activist Rhina Aguirre Amézaga! ---- 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 i...

Transcript Today we honor Indian disability rights activist with muscular dystrophy, Sankara Raman Srinivasan, and Korean-American disability justice activist with congenital muscular dystrophy, Stacey Park Milbern! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we remember French inventor Charles Barbier, hard of hearing English scientist Oliver Heaviside & Walters v. Reno. ---- 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 quic...

Transcript Today we celebrate Indian cricketer & polio survivor Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar!  ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate actress Debra Winger & British disability rights activist Ken Davis. ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate Deaf Olympic volleyball player David Smith! ---- 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 yo...

Transcript Today we celebrate Deaf actress Deanne Bray! ---- 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...