Disability Daily Podcast

Transcript Today we celebrate two extraordinary blind musicians: Stevie Wonder and Manfredo Fest! ---- 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 sh...

Transcript Today we remember Deaf Norwegian astronomer Olaf Hassel and the coronation speech of King George VI. ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and English sociologist with dwarfism Sir Thomas William Shakespeare. ---- 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 Seattle-based disability rights advocate with muscular dystrophy Ida Daly & actress with Down Syndrome Lauren Potter. ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate blind Vietnamese-American chef Christine Hà! ---- 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 y...

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). ---- 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 celebrate Keith McGee, the first disabled veteran in NASCAR history, and National Barrier Awareness Day. ---- 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 pod...

Transcript Today we recognize Andrew Gurza, a sex-positive podcaster with cerebral palsy. ---- 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 celebrate actor with cerebral palsy Gregg Mozgala, Deaf president of Columbia University Frederick Barnard, and the anniversary of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. ---- 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 h...

Transcript Today we celebrate Paul Steven Miller, an American lawyer with dwarfism, and Dr. Odette L. Shotwell, an American organic chemist and polio survivor. ---- 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 Latinx poet, spoken word artist & LGBTQ+ activist with hearing loss, Emanuel Xavier. ---- 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 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. ---- 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...

Transcript Today we recognize quadriplegic American architect Dr. Charles Cofield and Deaf American sculptor Douglas Tilden. ---- 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 pod...

Transcript Today we recognize Jillian Mercado, an American model and actress with spastic muscular dystrophy. ---- 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 e...

Transcript Today we celebrate Michela Alioto-Pier, a paraplegic American politician and disability rights advocate. ---- 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...

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. ---- 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 remember the founding of Not Dead Yet, an American disability rights group started by Diane Coleman that opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia. ---- 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 remember South African disability rights advocate with osteogenesis imperfecta Madge Bester and blind American roller derby skater Sammy Skobel. ---- 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 neuroscientist and sensory substitution pioneer Dr. David Eagleman and blind Jewish-Algerian singer and musician Reinette L'Oranaise. ---- 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 honor Polish photographer with visual impairment Zofia Nasierowska and Jamaican reggae singer and polio survivor Apple Gabriel! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we recognize French author with locked-in syndrome Jean-Dominique Bauby & French blind historian Dr. Zina Weygand. ---- 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 the founding of Easterseals in 1919. ---- 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 co...

Transcript Today we celebrate hard of hearing naturalist Mary Rogers Miller & quadriplegic politician James Langevin. ---- 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 podcas...

Transcript Today we celebrate American amputee Paralympic athlete Hope Lewellen! ---- 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 British-American scientist with ALS, Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, and Texas Revolution scout, Erastus "Deaf" 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...