Disability Daily Podcast

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Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day! Subscribe and tell your friends! Katie Healey (she/her), PhD, CPACC ✨ AccessibleHigherEd.com DisabilityDaily.podbean.com https://ko-fi.com/disabilitydaily

A gray-haired Tom Luckey smiles while seated in his wheelchair in front of a colorful Luckey Climbers play structure in a busy indoor space. Text reads January 6. Tom Luckey. Quadriplegic architect & sculptor.

Text reads January 5. Lucy Gwin. Founder of disability rights magazine Mouth. Cover of Mouth magazine from March and April 1993 showing a stylized illustration of a disabled figure strapped into a chair with restraints, wearing goggles and a helmet, hands outstretched, with the word Handicaptivity.

Bust of Louis Braille, shown from the chest up with a calm expression, short textured hair, and a draped garment across his shoulders against a plain background. Text reads January 4. Louis Braille. Blind instructor and inventor of braille. Disability Daily Podcast.

Half-length portrait of Dr. J. W. Bolotin, blind man, sitting at a desk in a room, reading Braille text with his left hand and typing with his right hand in a room. Text reads: January 3. Jacob Bolotin. World's first practicing blind physician.

Jean Little, an elderly woman with short white hair, smiles while seated in a chair and holding an open book, with bookshelves visible behind her.

An older, smiling Alan Reich dressed in a suit and tie sits in his wheelchair.

President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act into law on July 26, 1990, on the South Lawn of the White House. Seated beside him are disability rights activists Evan Kemp and Justin Dart, both wheelchair users. Standing behind are Reverend Harold Wilke, who was born without arms, and Sandra Parrino of the National Council on Disability. The ceremony takes place outdoors in front of a fountain and a large crowd.

A newspaper clipping with the headline "NASA bestows top honor on scientist," featuring a photo of Kent Cullers, a blind physicist. Cullers, wearing a suit and smiling, is shown next to an article detailing his receipt of NASA's Exceptional Engineering Achievement Award for his work on the High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI). The article highlights his academic and professional achievements, including his work with NASA and his background in physics, despite being blind since birth. The quote beneath his photo reads, "I was surprised but very happy..."

Tom Olin with glasses, a goatee, and a friendly smile. He is wearing a beige vest over a black t-shirt with a graphic design, holding a Nikon camera in his right hand. The background is a colorful sign, partially visible behind him.

Album cover for "If You Only Knew" by Little Jimmy Scott, featuring a young Jimmy Scott in a blue suit, white shirt, and tie, wearing glasses and standing in front of a vintage microphone with a yellow and red background.

Google Doodle featuring Müzeyyen Senar, a Turkish classical music singer, with her singing into a microphone. She is smiling and gesturing with her left arm extended. The word "Google" is playfully integrated into the design, with a soft purple and gold color scheme. Star-like accents surround her, highlighting the celebratory mood of the illustration.

Frida Kahlo's "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" features the artist’s face at the center, adorned with a necklace made of thorns. A dead hummingbird hangs from the necklace, while other symbolic elements like leaves and a jungle-like background surround her. Her expression is serious, and her dark hair is crowned with flowers. Kahlo’s piercing gaze and the vibrant yet intense colors contribute to the painting's emotional and symbolic depth.

black-and-white photo of a protest by disabled individuals. The image shows a bus with signs reading "Free Ride to Ride" and "Taxation without Transportation" while individuals lie on the street in front of it. A wheelchair is across the street.

Michael J. Fox in a dark suit and shirt and short brown hair raises his fists and smiles. He is seated next to Muhammad Ali in a dark jacket, purple shirt, and patterned tie.

Mary Jane Owen in a blue jacket over a black top. She has short white hair and speaks into a microphone. A C-SPAN Live caption reads Mary Jane Owen, National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities, Executive Director.

Robert Smithdas in a long-sleeved white collared shirt and dark tie holds a pie in his left hand and holds onto a spike metal fence. A city skyline is behind him.

Christine Sun Kim with a chin-length black, blue, and teal bob and round glasses. She wears a long-sleeved gray shirt and black pants, and deep purple lipstick. With a serious facial expression, she signs the word "day" in American Sign Language by holding her right arm vertically with pointer finger extended; her right elbow rests on the back of her left fingertips, with her left arm held horizontally.

Susan Sygall sits in a manual wheelchair and holds a cane. She has long brown hair and bangs and wears a long-sleeve white shirt, open blue vest, and dark pants. She smiles at the camera.

An older Curtis Mayfield with a black hat, round glasses, and gray mustache and beard sitting in a wheelchair. He wears a black tuxedo and bowtie with a red carnation in his lapel.

Harry Lang with short blonde hair in a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie sits next to a young Stephen Hawking.

Dr. Kellie Lim in a white coat holds papers and looks off to the right. She has straight dark hair and wears an ID badge and stethoscope. Children's artwork and health posters hang on the wall behind her.

Hale Zukas in a motorized wheelchair on a Bay Area Rapid Transit train platform. He sits in front of a silver elevator several feet from the yellow and black tactile paving dots that border the train tracks. He has wispy gray hair and wears a green shirt, red jacket, and black pants. He has a head wand attached to a helmet he wears. He smiles at the camera with a blue surgical face mask down around his chin.

Front page of the Pottstown Mercury Newspaper with the headline Pennhurst: The Shame of Pennsylvania. A Vast Junkyard of Wasted Humans. Images of dirty and decrepit facilities.

Harold J. Conn in a dark suit, tie, and glasses sitting at a desk with a glass container and dropper. Next to him is a microscope and several glass bottles.

Illustration of Dorina de Gouvêa Nowill, a prominent Brazilian advocate for the blind. She is depicted wearing sunglasses and a blue outfit, with a yellow necklace. The background features a playful design of interconnected dots and lines that form the word "Google." This image celebrates Nowill’s contributions to accessibility and her work to improve the lives of visually impaired individuals in Brazil.

Vincent Price in a black suit and tie. He has short dark hair and a dark pencil mustache, juts his neck out, and casts a sidelong glance with wide eyes.

An older Moondog with long, wiry silver hair and beard. He wears black clothing. His left eye is missing, and his right eye is rolled back showing only the white portion.

Thomas Wiggins with short, curly black hair wearing a white shirt and dark suit jacket. His eyes are closed.

An elderly Dr. Taussig with short white hair and glasses wears a white lab coat and stethoscope while holding a baby. The baby holds the stethoscope tubing.

Dummy Hoy stands at home base wearing a white baseball uniform and cap, black belt and tall black boots. He holds a baseball bat with his left hand.

Zambian disability rights advocate Georgina Mumba sits in a power wheelchair outdoors in a garden filled with bright yellow flowers. She wears a sleeveless gray-striped dress and smiles warmly at the camera.

Stylized illustration of Vanessa Castañeda Gill with long, wavy brown hair, blue shirt, and black headphones speaking into a microphone. Text reads Social-Emotional Learning, Game Theory, and Autistic Girls.

Dr. Najam sits in a motorized wheelchair wearing a white dress with colorful patterns at the bottom, red shoes, and a bright red scarf. She has dark hair just past her shoulders and smiles at the camera. She is surrounded by red flowers, trees, and foliage.

Stylized Google Doodle of Stacey Park Milbern in a black wheelchair wearing a pink striped long-sleeved shirt, blue pants, deep pink lipstick, and large black circular eyeglasses. She has short dark hair and a white trach tube around her neck. A ring of colorful flowers arches behind her.