Disability Daily Podcast

By Katie Healey, PhD, CPACC

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

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Disability Daily Podcast episodes:

March 11, 2025March 11: George Teegarden
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Today we celebrate American Deaf author, poet & teacher George Teegarden.
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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 George Teegarden:
Manuscripts - MSS 40 - Teegarden, George Moredock, 1852-1936
GEORGE M. TEEGARDEN; Teacher of Deaf in Pennsylvania for 48 Years. - The New York Times

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4min
March 11, 2025March 10: Dr. Wu Lien-teh & Theresa Ducharme
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Today we remember Canadian disability rights activist Theresa Ducharme and Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr. Wu Lien-teh.
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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 Dr. Wu Lien-teh & Theresa Ducharme:
Memorable Manitobans: Theresa Ducharme (1945-2004)
Dr. Wu Lien-teh's Google Doodle

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7min
March 10, 2025March 9: Eşref Armağan
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Today we celebrate blind Turkish artist Eşref Armağan!
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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 Eşref Armağan:
The Turkish blind painter, Eşref Armağan | Al Jazeera World Documentary
Eşref Armağan - A Blind Artist paints the all new Volvo S60

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4min
March 10, 2025March 8: Lesli Jacobs
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Today we examine the case of Lesli Jacobs, born with congenital rubella syndrome, whose parents’ wrongful birth case raises important questions around disability rights, reproductive choice & medical ethics.
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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:
Making It Right: Preserving Wrongful Birth After Dobbs
Mom at center of 'wrongful birth' debate

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5min
March 10, 2025March 7: Harriet Tubman & Caroline Gooding
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Today we celebrate Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, who had epilepsy, and British disability rights lawyer Caroline Gooding.
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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 Harriet Tubman & Caroline Gooding:
Caroline Gooding obituary | Disability | The Guardian
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman | The Woman Who Defied Slavery (documentary)

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6min
March 10, 2025March 6: Lorenza Böttner, start of Deaf President Now protest, Alexander Graham Bell’s marriage address; ADAPT’s Hollywood Walk of Shame protest
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Today we remember Lorenza Böttner, a transgender Chilean-German artist without arms; Alexander Graham Bell’s address to Deaf students at Gallaudet University warning against intermarriage between deaf individuals in 1891; the start of the Deaf President Now protest in 1988; and the ADAPT’s Hollywood Walk of Shame protest in 1988.
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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:
WALK OF SHAME – Tom Olin Collection
Lorenza Böttner - Portrait of an Artist (short Documentary)
Alexander Graham Bell: Marriage : an address to the deaf
The Deaf President Now (DPN) Protest - History | Gallaudet University

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8min
March 08, 2025March 5: Dr. Lex Frieden & Dr. Chuzo Okuda
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Today we recognize quadriplegic American disability rights advocate Dr. Lex Frieden and Dr. Chuzo Okuda, the first deaf Japanese person to receive a doctorate.
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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:
Lex Frieden (personal website)
Focus on Abilities with Lex Frieden
Chuzo Okuda | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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5min
March 07, 2025March 4: Cheryl Marie Wade
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Today we honor disability activist, writer, and performer Cheryl Marie Wade, who had rheumatoid arthritis and used a wheelchair.
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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 Cheryl Marie Wade:
Video: Cheryl Marie Wade
Overlooked No More: Cheryl Marie Wade, a Performer Who Refused to Hide
Wry Crips

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4min
March 07, 2025March 3: Chen Chieh-ju & Bernard Morin
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Today we celebrate Taiwanese disability rights activist Chen Chieh-ju & blind French mathematician Bernard Morin.
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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 Chen Chieh-ju & Bernard Morin
Groups call for support for parents of the disabled - Taipei Times

Chen Chieh-ju (born 1944) - Wikipedia

The World of Blind Mathematicians

A Tribute to Bernard Morin (1931-2018)

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4min
March 07, 2025March 2: Bedřich Smetana
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Today we recognize deafened Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
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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 Bedřich Smetana:
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”), Bedřich Smetana
Smetana — String Quartet No. 1 "From my life" / Meccore String Quartet at Wigmore Hall

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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5min

FAQs about Disability Daily Podcast:

How many episodes does Disability Daily Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.