Transcript Today we celebrate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990; paraplegic art historian Guy McElroy; and Welsh Paralympic racer Tanni Grey-Thompson! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | American Experience | PBS Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act | National Archives Guy C. McElroy audio and moving image collection, circa 1973-1990 Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE - WheelPower   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

Transcript Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate blind physicist and astronomer Dr. Kent Cullers and ASL linguist Dr. William Stokoe! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: The Blind Physicist Who May Find E.T. Kent Cullers | EYEWAY American Sign Language, a language recognized | Gallaudet University Sign Languages - Deaf      Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate dyslexic photojournalist and documentarian of the disability rights movement, Tom Olin! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Tom Olin Collection Tom Olin — Chief Photographer of the ABILITY Movement  RespectAbility Interviews Photographer and Activist Tom Olin     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate legendary jazz singer with Kallmann syndrome, Jimmy Scott! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Jimmy Scott | National Endowment for the Arts   'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Singer Jimmy Scott : NPR     Jimmy Scott-Sycamore Trees (Twin Peaks)   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate Pennsylvania governor, U.S. Attorney General, and disability rights lawyer Richard Thornburgh and classical Turkish singer with a stutter Müzeyyen Senar! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: The Making of the ADA - Dick Thornburgh    Müzeyyen Senar's Google Doodle   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript 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. ---- 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!) --- 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   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate the Gang of 19 Protest and Colombian disability rights lawyer with cerebral palsy, Jeison Aristizábal! ---- 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!) --- 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   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we remember U.S. president with Graves’ and Parkinson’s disease, George Herbert Walker Bush. ---- 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!) --- Learn more: How a Medical Mystery Tilted the 1992 Election in Bill Clinton's Favor - POLITICO Magazine   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate Indian disability rights activist with spina bifida, Javed Abidi! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Redefining Disability and Inclusion - NCPEDP Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability The World Lost it’s Brightest Crusader of Disability Rights     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we honor Deaf American environmental scientist and bacteriologist Averill John Wiley! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Averill John Wiley    Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate actor and advocate with Parkinson’s disease Michael J. Fox and Deaf geologist Dr. Donald J. Kidd! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Michael's Story | Parkinson's Disease Donald J. Kidd   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we remember blind disability rights advocate and philosopher Mary Jane Owen! ---- 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!) --- Learn more:  Biography of Mary Jane Owen   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we remember Robert Smithdas, American educator and poet considered the first deaf-blind person in the United States to earn a master’s degree! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: 2017 Robert Smithdas, and William B. Wait induction   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate hard of hearing actor Gideon Glick! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: The Queer, Half-Deaf Actor Redefining the Idea of a Leading Man - The New York Times   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate politician and polio survivor James Glenn Beall, hard of hearing anthropologist Dr. Ruth Benedict, poet with osteogenesis imperfecta Philippe Rahmy and Deaf sound artist Christine Sun Kim! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Glenn Beall, Former Senator From Maryland, Is Dead at 76 - The New York Times Benedict, Ruth Fulton - Deaf Suffragists/Activists Philippe Rahmy’s Extraordinary Portrait of Pain - The Arts Fuse  Christine Sun Kim: The enchanting music of sign language | TED Talk Christine Sun Kim Performs the National Anthem / Super Bowl LIV   How I became an artist: Christine Sun Kim | Art Basel  An Artist Expands the Landscape of Sound - The New York Times     Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate Susan Sygall, American disability rights activist, MacArthur Fellow & co-founder and CEO of Mobility International USA! ---- 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!) --- Learn more:  Susan Sygall - MIUSA (Mobility International) in Eugene, Oregon   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

Transcript Today we celebrate quadriplegic and diabetic amputee musician Curtis Mayfield & dyslexic journalist Anderson Cooper! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: A talk with Curtis Mayfield   Anderson Cooper   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

Transcript Today we celebrate Deaf American scientist, science educator, and historian, Dr. Harry Lang! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Profile: Harry Lang Dr. Harry G. Lang receives Schuchman Deaf History Award   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

Transcript Today we celebrate the Father of Deaf Education in Africa, Andrew Foster & triple amputee & pediatrician, Dr. Kellie Lim! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Andrew J. Foster: Missionary, Educator, and Advocate    32nd CSUN Assistive Technology Conference - Keynote (Dr. Kellie Lim)   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound  

Transcript Today we celebrate disability rights activist with cerebral palsy Hale Zukas & disabled British suffragette & polio survivor Rosa May Billinghurst! ---- 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!) --- Learn more: Berkeley disabled rights activist finds overdue spotlight in documentary ‘Hale’   Meet the Berkeley Man Who Helped Lead the Disability Rights Movement | KQED   ADA Pioneer, HALE ZUKAS.   Watch HALE | Prime Video    Rosa May Billinghurst — Google Arts & Culture   Overlooked No More: Rosa May Billinghurst, Militant Suffragette   Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound