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.

Disability Daily Podcast episodes:

February 01, 2025January 31: Ilya Zaslavskiy and Melissa Stockwell
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Today we celebrate Russian politician and disability advocate Ilya Zaslavskiy and U.S. Paralympian and amputee Melissa Stockwell.
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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 Ilya Zaslavskiy and Melissa Stockwell:
"There Are No Invalids in the USSR!" A Missing Soviet Chapter in the New Disability History
United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, 1986-1989
Melissa Stockwell describes the Paralympian mindset
Paralympian Triathlete Melissa Stockwell Is Giving Back to the Next Generation

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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6min
January 31, 2025January 30: President Franklin D. Roosevelt & Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day
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Today we remember polio survivor Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Awareness Day.
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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 FDR & CTE:
FDR and Polio - FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Polio Paradise? Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Warm Springs, Physical Therapy, and Disability Culture
History | March of Dimes
January Cognitive Kit: CTE Awareness Day is Jan. 30

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7min
January 30, 2025January 29: The Seeing Eye & Frederick Delius
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Today we celebrate the founding of the Seeing Eye in 1929 and the birthday of English composer, Frederick Delius.
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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 Seeing Eye and Frederick Delius:
Our History - The Seeing Eye
90 Years Ago, Nashville makes history with "The Seeing Eye"
Leah Broad · Static Opulence: Delius’s Worldliness
The Delius Channel - YouTube

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7min
January 29, 2025January 28: Dr. Masud Husain Khan & Alan Alda
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Today we celebrate Indian linguist Dr. Masud Husain Khan and American actor Alan Alda!
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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. Masud Husain Khan & Alan Alda:
Masud Husain Khan
Prof Masood Hussain Khan turns 90
Alan Alda Opens Up About Beating Polio As A Child And His Current Battle With Parkinson's
Alan Alda reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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7min
January 28, 2025January 27: Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant & Seán Mac Diarmada
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Today we recognize legally blind Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant and polio survivor Seán Mac Diarmada!
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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 Judge Bryant and Seán Mac Diarmada:
Why Disability Diversity Is Important in the Judiciary
DISTRICT JUDGE TO RETIRE AFTER 16 YEARS OF SERVICE
Vanessa L. Bryant '78 Retires From Federal Bench | School of Law
Seán Mac Diarmada
Sean MacDiarmada (the Pride of Corranmore) Song

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5min
January 27, 2025January 26: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton & Robby Novak
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Today we celebrate musician Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton and YouTuber "Kid President" Robby Novak, who has osteogenesis imperfecta.
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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 Jerron Paxton and Robby Novak:
Jerron Paxton official website
Jerron Paxton - What’s Gonna Become Of Me performance
At Just 25, Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton Channels the Spirit of a Bygone Era - The Village Voice
Where Is ‘Kid President’ Now? Robby Novak Talks Politics Today
Kid President's Guide To Being Awesome

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5min
January 26, 2025Episode 25: Alexis Hillyard & Molly Holzschlag
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Today we wish a happy birthday to YouTube chef with limb difference Alexis Hillyard and "Fairy Godmother of the Web" Molly Holzschlag with aplastic anemia.
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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 Alexis Hillyard & Molly Holzschlag:
An Evening with Molly Holzschlag
In Memory of Molly E. Holzschlag, the Fairy Godmother of the Web
Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 | Obituary
The Web We Deserve, with Molly Holzschlag
Stump Kitchen - YouTube
My Best Kitchen Tool? Myself - Chatelaine
Alexis Hillyard's Instagram

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6min
January 26, 2025January 24: Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day & Neil Diamond
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Today we celebrate Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day & American musician Neil Diamond'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 Möbius Syndrome and Neil Diamond:
Moebius Syndrome Foundation
Neil Diamond on Living With Parkinson’s Disease: “I Can’t Really Fight This Thing, So I Had to Accept It”
Neil Diamond “Hands.. washing hands”
Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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6min
January 23, 2025January 23: Ed Roberts
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Happy Ed Roberts Day! Today we commemorate the extraordinary life and work of Ed Roberts, father of the disability rights and independent living movements.
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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, Amazon Music, 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 Ed Roberts:
A CONVERSATION WITH ED ROBERTS CALIFORNIA Q&A
Celebrating the Life of Disability Advocate, Ed Roberts - BAMSI
Zona and Ed Roberts: Twentieth Century Pioneers | Independent Living Institute
"So I Decided to Be an Artichoke..." - Celebrate California
Oral History Interview with Edward V. Roberts
Ed Roberts' Wheelchair Records a Story of Obstacles Overcome | Smithsonian
World Institute on Disability
Ed Roberts' 78th Birthday - Google Doodle
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Ed Roberts Day
Ed Roberts - California Museum

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8min
January 23, 2025January 22: Blind Willie Johnson
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Today we remember American gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson.
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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 Blind Willie Johnson:
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars | School Library Journal
Johnson, "Blind Willie"
Blind Willie Johnson - Wikipedia (song recording)
Blind Willie Johnson | Kansas City Blues Society

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound
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8min

FAQs about Disability Daily Podcast:

How many episodes does Disability Daily Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.