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Today we celebrate American amputee Paralympic athlete Hope Lewellen!

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Hope Lewellen LinkedIn 

TOUGH TALKS: Hope Lewellen, Converting Tragedy Into Excellence 

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

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Today we remember British-American scientist with ALS, Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, and Texas Revolution scout, Erastus "Deaf" Smith.

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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!

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Meet The First Human AI | Peter: The Human Cyborg

In Memoriam - Peter 2.0 - by Geoff Marlow 

Peter Scott-Morgan obituary 

Smith, Erastus [Deaf] 

Deaf Heroes: Erastus "Deaf" Smith (in ASL)

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

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Today we celebrate Deaf Ukrainian-American poet Dr. Ilya Kaminsky.

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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!

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https://www.ilyakaminsky.com/ 

Poems not Bombs

Poetry Reading and Discussion with Ilya Kaminsky

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Today we celebrate Costa Rican-born Mexican ranchera singer and polio survivor Chavela Vargas!

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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!

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Chavela Vargas' 94th Birthday 

Chavela Vargas - New York Times

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

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Today we remember British tetraplegic Formula One pioneer Sir Frank Williams & British deaf advocate with spina bifida Arthur Verney.

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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!

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Today we celebrate American Sign Language Day, the founding of the American School for the Deaf in 1817, and blind mathematician Leonhard Euler.

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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!

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Today we celebrate the anniversary of Deaf actor Linda Bove’s debut on Sesame Street in 1971.

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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!

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Today we honor American architect with ALS Stephen Heywood who inspired the development of PatientsLikeMe. 

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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!

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PatientsLikeMe | About us 

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Today we remember American civil rights activist, boxing coach & polio survivor William Harry Davis, Sr.

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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!

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Today we celebrate deaf physicist, engineer, & co-inventor of the teletypewriter, Robert Weitbrecht!

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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!

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