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Katie Healey, PhD, CPACC
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Disability historian, accessibility advocate, cat lover, Beat Saber enthusiast
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Today we celebrate Bahraini mechanical engineer & human rights activist Dr. Al-Singace; Deafblind actor Robert Tarango; & the anniversary of the launch of Be My Eyes

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#disability #DeafBlind #BeMyEyes #blind
Collage of Dr. Singace in a wheelchair, film poster for Feeling Through, and iPhone with Be My Eyes app demonstration reading a milk carton's expiration date.
January 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Today we celebrate blind American musician and singer-songwriter Clarence Carter.

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#disability #disabled #blind #braille #music #blues #R&B #MusicSky #history
Clarence Carter wears sunglasses and a bright red vest over a gold-sequined jacket. He stands at a microphone holding a tan-colored guitar.
January 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate Charles Dail, a polio survivor and mayor of San Diego, CA.

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#disability #polio #SanDiego #DisabilityHistory #disabled #history #TodayInHistory #MedicalHistory
January 11: Charles Dail | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Today we celebrate Charles Dail, a polio survivor and mayor of San Diego, CA. ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I...
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January 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Today we celebrate Tony Meléndez, renowned guitarist born without arms.

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#disability #medicalhistory #historysky #disabilityhistory #skystorians #thalidomide
A seated Tony Meléndez sings at a microphone and plays a guitar with his feet.
January 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Today we celebrate renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

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#disability #ALS #STEM #disabled
Pixelated art depiction of Dr. Stephen Hawking in his wheelchair, surrounded by stars and galaxies as part of the Google logo.
January 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Happy Birthday to Judge Myron Thompson, polio survivor & Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

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#disability #history
January 7: Judge Myron Thompson | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Today we wish a happy birthday to Judge Myron H. Thompson, polio survivor and Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. ---- Hello and welcome to ...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Happy Birthday to quadriplegic American architect and sculptor Tom Luckey!

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#disability #art #history #Yale #disabled #paralysis
January 6: Tom Luckey | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Happy Birthday to quadriplegic American architect and sculptor Tom Luckey! ---- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Today we celebrate Lucy Gwin, founder of the radical disability rights magazine "Mouth: Voice of the Disability Nation."

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#disability #history #disabilityhistory #accessibility
January 5: Lucy Gwin | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Today we celebrate American disability activist Lucy Gwin, founder of Mouth Magazine. --- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple y...
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January 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Happy World Braille Day (and 200 years of braille)! Learn about Louis Braille and his tactile system of reading and writing:

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#disability #disabilityhistory #history #blind #braille
January 4 | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Today is World Braille Day, which commemorates the birthday of Louis Braille, a French blind instructor, musician, and inventor of a tactile system for reading and writing. --- Hello and we...
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January 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Today we honor Dr. Jacob Bolotin (born January 3, 1888), who attended Chicago Medical School and is recognized as the first practicing blind physician.

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#disability #disabilityhistory #blind
Half-length portrait of Dr. Bolotin sitting at a desk in a room, reading braille text with his left hand and typing with his right hand in a room.
January 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Happy Birthday to blind Canadian children's author Jean Little, whose work celebrated disability!

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#disability #disabilityhistory #accessibility #blind
January 2 | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Today we remember celebrated Canadian children’s author Jean Little.   Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over the past couple years, I’ve worked o...
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January 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Who'd like to learn more about disability and accessibility in 2025? Check out the Disability Daily Podcast!

Today we remember disability activist Alan Reich who was born January 1, 1930.

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January 1 | Disability Daily Podcast
Transcript Today we honor disability activist Alan Reich on his birthday. ----------------------------------------- Hello and welcome to the Disability Daily Podcast! I’m your host, Katie, and over th...
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January 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Just trying to be helpful #HigherEd! cc: @chronicle.com @insidehighered.bsky.social
Thought this might be helpful to hashtag#HigherEd writers and editors: Things to ask yourself before you write/publish an op-ed about disabled students in hashtag#HigherEd. ✅ 1. Am I disabled? Do I have any lived experience as a disabled person? 2. Have I earned a degree in hashtag#disability studies? Do I have any other expertise on this topic? For example, have I read the work of seminal disability scholars like Jay Dolmage and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha? 3. What is my goal in writing this? Am I trying to fix or save disabled people? Might my energy be used more effectively by removing the barriers that stand in the way of disabled folks speaking on their own behalf, perhaps by publicly asking our hashtag#HigherEd trade publications to diversify their writing and editing pool to include more disabled folks? 4. Am I about to write an ableist op-ed? If the piece argues, either directly or indirectly, that disabled people are 1) weak and 2) threatening, then the piece is ableist. Stop here. Do not write. Do not publish. Hope this helps! 🙄
October 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM