Disability Daily Podcast

By Katie Healey, PhD, CPACC

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

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The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.

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February 21, 2025February 20: Greta Vardanyan & Michelle Konkoly
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Today we recognize Armenian Paralympian powerlifter & alpine skiier Greta Vardanyan and American Paralympian swimmer & doctor Michelle Konkoly!
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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 Greta Vardanyan & Michelle Konkoly:
Greta Vardanyan

So powerful! Greta Vardanyan will be one of Armenia’s representatives at the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024.

Hometown hero and Paralympian works as a doctor at Philadelphia rehabilitation hospital

Michelle Konkoly

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5min
February 21, 2025February 19: Maryanne "Moe" Keller
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Today we celebrate Maryanne "Moe" Keller, American teacher and interpreter of the Deaf and former politician from Colorado.
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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 Moe Keller:
Keller re-elected to SD 20 - Colorado Community Media
Plain-language bill among 200 before lawmakers

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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4min
February 21, 2025February 18: Brian Keith McDonald
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Today we wish a happy birthday to dyslexic American screenwriter, director, teacher, and author Brian Keith McDonald, born February 18, 1965.
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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 Brian McDonald:
Brian McDonald (@BeeMacDee1950) / X
Consulting, Speaking, and Teaching Engagements - Brian McDonald
Adelaide Screenwriter: Interview with Brian McDonald

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5min
February 18, 2025February 17: Rene Russo
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Today we wish a happy birthday to bipolar American actress and model Rene Russo.
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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 Rene Russo & bipolar disorder:
Rene Russo Discusses Her Struggle | The Queen Latifah Show
Rene Russo Has Bipolar Disorder. How She—and Other Women—Are Helping Make It OK to Talk About Mental Health
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Bipolar Disorder | NAMI

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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4min
February 18, 2025February 16: Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf & Dumb and the Blind
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Today we remember the founding of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind in 1857.
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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 the Columbia Institution/Gallaudet:
Center for Black Deaf Studies
Meet Dr. Joseph Hill, incoming Director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies
Black Deaf History
History - National Deaf Life Museum | Gallaudet University

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6min
February 18, 2025February 15: Galileo
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Today we celebrate Italian astronomer, physicist, and inventor Galileo Galilei, who went blind later in life.
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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 Galileo:
Galileo, solar observing, and eye safety
The enigma of Galileo's eyesight: some novel observations on Galileo Galilei's vision and his progression to blindness
Galileo - Stanford SOLAR Center

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6min
February 15, 2025February 14: James E. Hanger's artificial leg patent & Lionel Aldridge
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Today is the anniversary of amputee James E. Hanger's Patent No. 111,741 for his “Improvement in Artificial Legs" & NFL champion and mental health advocate Lionel Aldridge's birthday!
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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 James E. Hanger & Lionel Aldridge:
The Hanger Prosthetic Leg - Amplitude
US111741A - Improvement in artificial legs - Google Patents
The Story of James E. Hanger: Amputee Turned Entrepreneur
Lionel Aldridge: Great man, great career, troubled life

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9min
February 14, 2025February 13: Robert Finley & Wingy Manone
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Today we celebrate blind blues & soul singer-songwriter Robert Finley and one-armed jazz trumpeter & singer Wingy Manone.
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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 Robert Finley & Wingy Manone:
Robert Finley - Music Maker
Robert Finley Blind Veteran Original Song Get It While You Can | America's Got Talent 2019 Audition
Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone - Tar Paper Stomp (In the Mood Origins)

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6min
February 13, 2025February 12: Ray Kurzweil & Abraham Lincoln
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Today we celebrate assistive technology pioneer Ray Kurzweil and President Abraham Lincoln.
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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 Ray Kurzweil & Abraham Lincoln:
Raymond Kurzweil, Ph.D.
An Oral History Interview with Ray Kurzweil
NIHF Inductee Raymond Kurzweil and Optical Character Recognition
Kurzweil's Revolutionary reading devices for the blind
Exploring Abraham Lincoln's 'Melancholy' : NPR
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President And Fueled His Greatness
Abraham Lincoln and Marfan syndrome
A Charter and a Champion: The Meaning of Lincoln's Legacy at Gallaudet | Office of the President
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers – Pieces of History
History of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

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9min
February 11, 2025February 11: Thomas Edison
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Today we remember American inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator Thomas Edison.
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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 Thomas Edison:
Robert Friedman owns Thomas Edison's piano. What do the bite marks mean?
What I Learned From Thomas Edison’s Bite Marks
MORSE CODE USED TO TALK WITH EDISON
Five successful people you probably didn’t know had dyslexia and dyspraxia!
Thomas Edison quotes

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7min

FAQs about Disability Daily Podcast:

How many episodes does Disability Daily Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.