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Today we celebrate the Gang of 19 Protest and Colombian disability rights lawyer with cerebral palsy, Jeison Aristizábal!

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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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• "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

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Today we remember U.S. president with Graves’ and Parkinson’s disease, George Herbert Walker Bush.

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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.

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How a Medical Mystery Tilted the 1992 Election in Bill Clinton's Favor - POLITICO Magazine

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Today we celebrate Indian disability rights activist with spina bifida, Javed Abidi!

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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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Redefining Disability and Inclusion - NCPEDP Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability

The World Lost it’s Brightest Crusader of Disability Rights

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Today we honor Deaf American environmental scientist and bacteriologist Averill John Wiley!

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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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Averill John Wiley

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Today we celebrate actor and advocate with Parkinson’s disease Michael J. Fox and Deaf geologist Dr. Donald J. Kidd!

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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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Michael's Story | Parkinson's Disease

Donald J. Kidd

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Today we remember blind disability rights advocate and philosopher Mary Jane Owen!

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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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Biography of Mary Jane Owen

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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!

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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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2017 Robert Smithdas, and William B. Wait induction

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Today we celebrate hard of hearing actor Gideon Glick!

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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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The Queer, Half-Deaf Actor Redefining the Idea of a Leading Man - The New York Times

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