April 15: American Sign Language Day & Leonhard Euler

2025-04-17

Transcript Today we celebrate American Sign Language Day, the founding of the American School for the Deaf in 1817, and blind mathematician Leonhard Euler. ---- 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 accessibi...

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Today we celebrate American Sign Language Day, the founding of the American School for the Deaf in 1817, and blind mathematician Leonhard Euler.

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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:

History & Cogswell Heritage House
Beginnings: The American School for the Deaf
About Leonhard Euler - EFMU: The Euler-Franeker Memorial University and Institute

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound

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