Disability Daily Podcast

By Katie Healey, PhD, CPACC

Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!... more

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How many episodes does Disability Daily Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.

Disability Daily Podcast episodes:

July 22, 2025 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!
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:
The Blind Physicist Who May Find E.T.
Kent Cullers | EYEWAY
American Sign Language, a language recognized | Gallaudet University
Sign Languages - Deaf

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6min
July 22, 2025 July 22: Tom Olin
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Today we celebrate dyslexic photojournalist and documentarian of the disability rights movement, Tom Olin!
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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:
Tom Olin Collection
Tom Olin — Chief Photographer of the ABILITY Movement
RespectAbility Interviews Photographer and Activist Tom Olin

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4min
July 18, 2025July 17: Jimmy Scott
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Today we celebrate legendary jazz singer with Kallmann syndrome, Jimmy Scott!
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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:
Jimmy Scott | National Endowment for the Arts

'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Singer Jimmy Scott : NPR

Jimmy Scott-Sycamore Trees (Twin Peaks)

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4min
July 16, 2025July 16: Dick Thornburgh & Müzeyyen Senar
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Today we celebrate Pennsylvania governor, U.S. Attorney General, and disability rights lawyer Richard Thornburgh and classical Turkish singer with a stutter Müzeyyen Senar!
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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:
The Making of the ADA - Dick Thornburgh

Müzeyyen Senar's Google Doodle

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6min
July 07, 2025July 6: Frida Kahlo, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek & Chen Yinke
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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.
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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:
Frida Kahlo biography
Frida Kahlo | Famous Bi People
Jacobus tenBroek and the Right to Live in the World
Who Was Jacobus tenBroek?
The academic master was blind, but he still wrote a biography for a prostitute for ten years. In the turbulent times, the couple died together! - iMedia

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6min
July 06, 2025July 5: Gang of 19 Protest & Jeison Aristizábal
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Today we celebrate the Gang of 19 Protest and Colombian disability rights lawyer with cerebral palsy, Jeison Aristizábal!
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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:
"Gang of 19" activists occupy Denver intersection to protest inaccessibility on the city’s bus system | July 5, 1978 | HISTORY
Transportation Protests: 1841 to 1992 — Civil Rights Teaching
Fundación Jeison Aristizábal
Breaking boundaries for people with disabilities. Go inside the new university founded by a CNN Hero of the Year with cerebral palsy
Hundreds of young people with disabilities are learning at a new university founded by CNN Hero of the Year Jeison Aristizábal

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6min
June 19, 2025 June 12: George Herbert Walker Bush
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Today we remember U.S. president with Graves’ and Parkinson’s disease, George Herbert Walker Bush.
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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:
How a Medical Mystery Tilted the 1992 Election in Bill Clinton's Favor - POLITICO Magazine

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4min
June 19, 2025 June 11: Javed Abidi
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Today we celebrate Indian disability rights activist with spina bifida, Javed Abidi!
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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:
Redefining Disability and Inclusion - NCPEDP Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability
The World Lost it’s Brightest Crusader of Disability Rights

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4min
June 19, 2025 June 10: Averill John Wiley
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Today we honor Deaf American environmental scientist and bacteriologist Averill John Wiley!
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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:
Averill John Wiley

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4min
June 15, 2025 June 9: Michael J. Fox & Dr. Donald J. Kidd
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Today we celebrate actor and advocate with Parkinson’s disease Michael J. Fox and Deaf geologist Dr. Donald J. Kidd!
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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:
Michael's Story | Parkinson's Disease
Donald J. Kidd

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5min

FAQs about Disability Daily Podcast:

How many episodes does Disability Daily Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.