Disability Daily Podcast

Transcript On this day in 1919, German prosthetics company Ottobock was founded to help wounded soldiers. ---- 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 excit...

Transcript Today we celebrate Anderson “Andy” Pleasants (American Deaf and craniofacial difference advocate) and Dave Stevens (American athlete and sports broadcaster born without legs). ---- 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...

Transcript Today we celebrate Charles Dail, a polio survivor and mayor of San Diego, CA. ---- 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 discuss German anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens, plastination, and his Body Worlds exhibits. ---- 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’...

Transcript Today we celebrate Tony Meléndez, renowned guitarist born without arms. ---- 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 y...

Transcript Today we celebrate renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ---- 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 p...

Transcript 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. ---- 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 Happy Birthday to quadriplegic American architect and sculptor Tom Luckey! ---- 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 wit...

Transcript Today we celebrate American disability activist Lucy Gwin, founder of Mouth Magazine. --- 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 shar...

Transcript 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. --- 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 eac...

Transcript Today we honor Dr. Jacob Bolotin, who attended Chicago Medical School and is recognized as the first practicing blind physician. --- 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 q...

Transcript Today we remember celebrated blind Canadian children’s author Jean Little. ------ 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 w...

Transcript Today we honor disability activist Alan Reich on his birthday. ----------------------------------------- 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 the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990; paraplegic art historian Guy McElroy; and Welsh Paralympic racer Tanni Grey-Thompson! ---- 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...

Transcript Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate blind physicist and astronomer Dr. Kent Cullers and ASL linguist Dr. William Stokoe! ---- 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 celebrate dyslexic photojournalist and documentarian of the disability rights movement, Tom Olin! ---- 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, a...

Transcript Today we celebrate legendary jazz singer with Kallmann syndrome, Jimmy Scott! ---- 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 Pennsylvania governor, U.S. Attorney General, and disability rights lawyer Richard Thornburgh and classical Turkish singer with a stutter Müzeyyen Senar! ---- 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 ea...

Transcript Today we celebrate polio and bus accident survivor and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; blind lawyer and founder of the National Federation of the Blind Dr. Jacobus tenBroek; and hard of hearing and low-vision Chinese historian Chen Yinke. ---- 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 recog...

Transcript Today we celebrate the Gang of 19 Protest and Colombian disability rights lawyer with cerebral palsy, Jeison Aristizábal! ---- 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 d...

Transcript Today we remember U.S. president with Graves’ and Parkinson’s disease, George Herbert Walker Bush. ---- 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 Indian disability rights activist with spina bifida, Javed Abidi! ---- 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 shar...

Transcript Today we honor Deaf American environmental scientist and bacteriologist Averill John Wiley! ---- 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 actor and advocate with Parkinson’s disease Michael J. Fox and Deaf geologist Dr. Donald J. Kidd! ---- 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...

Transcript Today we remember blind disability rights advocate and philosopher Mary Jane Owen! ---- 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...