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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we recognize Möbius Syndrome Awareness Day. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily Please subscribe on Spotify, Apple & Amazon! #MoebiusSyndrome #RareConditions #neurology #accessibility #health #FacialParalysis #FacialDifference #awareness

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate Neil Diamond, singer-songwriter with #Parkinsons. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily Please subscribe on Spotify, Apple & Amazon! #NeilDiamond #BOTD #Music #MusicSky #Jewish #SingerSongwriter #SweetCaroline #ParkinsonsDisease

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Happy Ed Roberts Day! Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we commemorate the extraordinary life & work of #EdRoberts, father of the #DisabilityRights & #IndependentLiving movements. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #polio #Berkeley #history #accessibility #EduSky #DisHist

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate the GOAT himself, #MuhammadAli, who was #dyslexic & had #Parkinson’s disease. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #Dyslexia #ParkinsonsDisease #Boxing #a11y #history #sports #BlackHistory #CivilRights #Islam #RacialJustice

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #Bahraini #polio survivor, mechanical #engineer & human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace! Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #Bahrain #accessibility #poliovirus #HumanRights #activism #Amnesty #HungerStrike #EduSky

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate the anniversary of the launch of the Be My Eyes #app in 2015. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #BeMyEyes #BeMyEyesApp #Blind #LowVision #Volunteer #volunteering #tech #Acccessibility #AccessibilityForAll #a11y #technology

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #blind American #musician & #singer-songwriter Clarence Carter. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #accessibility #a11y #braille #music #LowVision #history #Alabama #blues #soul #RnB #blindness #MusicBirthdays #guitar #listen

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #Deaf & craniofacial difference advocate Andy Pleasants! Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #CraniofacialDifference #tracheostomy #accessibility #a11y #AndyPleasants #craniofacial #AndySigns #ASL #PleasantAndy #trach

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate Charles Dail, a #polio survivor & #mayor of San Diego. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #SanDiego #Salk #CA #accessibility #a11y #history #UCSD @salkinstitute.bsky.social #vaccines #vaccine #LaJolla #California #medicine

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we discuss #German #anatomist & #hemophiliac Dr. Gunther von Hagens, #plastination, & his Body Worlds exhibits. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #anatomy #body #BodyWorlds #accessibility #a11y #hemophilia #ParkinsonsDisease #Parkinsons

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate Tony Meléndez, renowned #musician born without arms due to #thalidomide. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #guitar #music #singer #songwriter #MedicalHistory #DisabilityHistory #LimbDifference #accessibility #a11y #guitarist

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we honor Judge Myron Thompson, #polio survivor & Senior #Judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of #Alabama. Listen & read transcript: tinyurl.com/DisabilityDaily #accessibility #a11y #DisHist #law #history #PolioAwareness #PlannedParenthood

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Today is World #Braille Day, which commemorates the birthday of Louis Braille, a French #blind instructor, musician & inventor of a tactile system for reading & writing. Learn more on the #Disability Daily Podcast! Listen & read transcript #history #LowVision #accessibility #a11y #reading #DisHist

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.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Welcome back & thanks for your patience while I get back into podcasting! Let's learn together in 2026! Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we honor disability activist Alan Reich. Listen & read transcript #quadriplegic #wheelchair #paralysis #FDR #ADA #history #a11y #voting #UN #Harvard

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

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (#ADA) in 1990; #paraplegic art historian Guy McElroy & #Welsh #Paralympic racer Tanni Grey-Thompson! Listen & read transcript #DisabilityPride #a11y #accessibility #law #art #BlackSky #Wales

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.

Cover of the book Facing History: The Black Image in American Art 1710–1940 by Guy C. McElroy. The cover features a painted portrait of a Black man wearing a brown garment against a muted tan background.

Tanni Grey-Thompson races in an orange wheelchair on a red track during the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. Wearing a white and blue racing uniform, she leans forward mid-stride during a competitive event.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #Pennsylvania governor & #ADA champion Richard Thornburgh & classical #Turkish singer with a #stutter Müzeyyen Senar! Listen & read transcript #accessibility #a11y #history #DisabilityPride #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #Türkiye #law #stuttering #music

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.

Dick Thornburgh, an older man with glasses and short, graying hair, seated at a desk. He is wearing a striped dress shirt with a tie and appears to be smiling gently. His hands are resting on a pile of papers on the desk, with a book titled Where the Evidence Leads placed prominently in front of him. The background shows a portion of an office with a large window.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #polio survivor & #Mexican #artist Frida Kahlo; #blind lawyer Dr. Jacobus tenBroek; & #HardOfHearing & #LowVision #Chinese historian Chen Yinke. Listen & read transcript #DisabilityPride #accessibility #history #China #Mexico #FridaKahlo #a11y

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.

Portrait of Jacobus tenBroek with short hair, mustache and beard wearing a white shirt, black tie and jacket.

black-and-white portrait of Chen Yinke, a Chinese historian and scholar. He is seated and looking directly at the camera. He wears a traditional Chinese outfit with a high collar and has glasses. The background is neutral and blurry, giving the image a vintage feel.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate the 1978 "Gang of 19" bus protest in #Denver & #Colombian lawyer with #CerebralPalsy Jeison Aristizábal, who founded Latin America's first university for disabled students! Listen & read transcript #accessibility #a11y #DisabilityPride #DisHist

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.

Jeison Aristizábal, a smiling man with short dark hair, wearing a light pink polo shirt.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate actor & advocate with #Parkinsons disease Michael J. Fox & #Deaf Canadian #geologist Dr. Donald J. Kidd! Listen & read transcript #Parkinson's #MichaelJFox #HearingLoss #DisabledInSTEM #DeafInSTEM #geology #Gallaudet #Canada #PhD #accessibility

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.

Cover of geological report by Dr. Donald J. Kidd. The title reads Iron Occurrences in the Peace River Region, Alberta.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we remember Robert Smithdas, American educator & #poet considered the first #Deafblind person in the U.S. to earn a #MastersDegree! Listen & read transcript #meningitis #Deaf #blind #a11y #EduSky #PerkinsSchoolForTheBlind #HigherEd #accessibility #history

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.

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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate politician & #polio survivor J. Glenn Beall, #HardOfHearing #anthropologist Dr. Ruth Benedict, #poet with #OsteogenesisImperfecta Philippe Rahmy & #Deaf sound artist Christine Sun Kim! Listen & read transcript #accessibility #a11y #EduSky

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.

Black and white photo of Ruth Benedict with short white or gray hair. She wears a long-sleeved dark top with white ruffles on her chest, and she sits in front of a full bookshelf holding a book open.

Philippe Rahmy wearing a braided straw fedora and glasses. He stands in front of water and looks at the camera. He has a mustache and goatee.

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Casey Doherty @caseydoherty.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I'm looking for disabled people willing to share about the accessibility of their voting experiences via a brief Zoom or written interview (or any other format that works for you!) for @americanprogress.bsky.social's Disability Justice Initiative. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The Center for American Progress (CAP) is seeking to understand disabled people's voting experiences. Rarely are disabled voters highlighted when talking about their right to vote. CAP's Disability Ju...

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Disability Community For Democracy, Inc. @disco4democracy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Bed-In: STOP RFK Jr's Autism Registry Virtual Rally Speaker Preview Part 1. Here is the link to register: www.tinyurl.com/noautismregi.... #DisabilityJustice #AutismAcceptance #Disability #PWD