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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.

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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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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

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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!

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!)

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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

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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.

See the Disability Daily Calendar (work on it is always ongoing!)

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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