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February

The second Monday in February each year is International Epilepsy Day

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Watercolor of Huntleya fasciata (Orchidaceae), a plant with broad green leaves and single flowered spikes with alternating bands of yellow and orange.

Regina Olson Hughes

Jessica Cox breaks a wooden board as she kicks it with her right foot. She wears a white martial arts uniform and black belt, and her long brown hair is in a ponytail. She has no arms.

Jessica Cox

Christopher Hewitt sits in a powered wheelchair and patterned sweater, smiling at the camera. He wears glasses and has a dark mustache, beard, and hair. A water bottle sits in a holder attached to his chair.

Christopher Hewitt

Cover of book entitled Science and Revolution by Dyson Carter.

Dyson Carter

Natalie Lloyd

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This modification of the Japanese abacus or sorobon is designed for use by the blind. It sits in a black plastic box, with red felt in the bottom of the box to prevent the beads from sliding inadvertently. A black plastic cross bar is pierced by 13 parallel metal rods. Each rod has one spherical white plastic bead above the crossbar and four below. Raised dots can be felt on the cross bar and the lower rim of the box at each column, and as raised slashes between every 3 dots. At the top of the front are the raised letters: A.P.H. Alt text by the Smithsonian.

Tim Cranmer

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Rebecca Alexander smiles and stands with bent knees, holding a stick for her mini golden doodle. She is outside during the fall with leaves on the ground. Rebecca has long brown hair and wears a tan leather jacket, blue shirt, and black leather leggings.

Rebecca Alexander

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Sean Forbes wearing headphones and glasses at microphone with a pop filter.

Sean Forbes

John Callahan sits in a powered wheelchair with a pen and paper on his lap. He has blonde hair and bangs and wears a dark blue jacket and shirt and light blue jeans. He smiles and tilts his head to the right.

John Callahan

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Close up of James Scheuer looking to his left, with bushy eyebrows, dark suit and tie, and white collared shirt.

James H. Scheuer

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alt text from Dr. Morénike Giwa Onaiwu's website: Image of MGO, a Black adult with long braids smiling at the camera.

Dr. Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

Barbara Turnbull sits in a powered wheelchair facing right, with a yellow Labrador retriever. She wears a brown shirt, khaki pants, green shoes, and a green and brown decorative neck scarf. She has curly blonde hair.

Barbara Turnbull

Grainy black and white photograph from 1901 of sixteen young men standing, kneeling, and sitting for a Gallaudet Bison football team photo. Their names, including George Andree's, are listed below.

Dr. George Andree

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An elderly Elizabeth Bishop sits holding an unknown item. She has short curly hair and striped curtains behind her.

Elizabeth Bishop

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Richard Cardenas with white hair, mustache, and beard looks toward the camera with a serious expression and slightly parted lips. A blurred street and traffic lights are behind him.

Richard Cardenas

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Christine M. Griffin

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A young Thomas Edison sits in a black suit at a table with a black tablecloth. A cylinder phonograph is atop the table, and Edison's right hand is on the hand crank.

Thomas Edison

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Ray Kurzweil in a striped shirt, dark tie and pants stands behind a table with his hands on two devices. The first is his Personal Reader, a computer with a small keyboard at the bottom and carrying handle on top. The second device is a scanner with an open book laid across it and under the lid.

Ray Kurzweil

A black and white photograph of Abraham Lincoln from the chest up, facing the camera with a solemn expression. He wears a dark coat and a white shirt with a high collar, and his hair is styled in a side part.

Abraham Lincoln

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Robert Finley stands at a microphone on stage holding a red guitar in his left hand. He's extending his right arm out. He wears a shiny orange long-sleeved shirt, black vest, black leather pants, and black hat. He has a long gray beard and mustache. Blue stage lights shine behind him.

Robert Finley

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Back and white photograph of Lionel Aldridge wearing his Number 82 football jersey and white pants. His right arm is raised and bent at the elbow, suggesting he is running. He smiles and looks off to his right.

Lionel Aldridge

Two simple sketches of James Hanger's artificial leg presented for his patent. One sketch shows the ankle and calf side, while the other sketch is a view from the side. The design features hinges at the ankle and knee.

James Hanger files patent for artificial leg (1871)

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Portrait of Galileo Galilei with a white beard and mustache, wearing a black garment with a white collar. He is facing slightly to the left of the viewer and looking directly at the viewer with a serious expression. His left hand is on the arm rest of his chair, while his right hand is holding a telescope.

Galileo Galilei

Cover of The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir by Anand Prahlad. A scrapbook-style montage of colorful flower illustrations and a Black child in jeans and a red tank top sliding off the shoulder.

Secret Life of a Black Aspie published

Black and white photograph of three brick buildings on the campus of what is now Gallaudet University.

Columbia Institution incorporated (1857)

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Rene Russo with auburn hair just past her chin. Her right hand is poised to tuck her hair behind her ear, and she smiles at the camera. She wears a black top and gold necklace.

Rene Russo

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Brian McDonald smiles at the camera. He has short black hair and wears a light short-sleeved collared shirt.

Brian McDonald

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Moe Keller speaks into a microphone. She has short white hair and bangs and wears a white sweater and orange lanyard around her neck.

Maryanne "Moe" Keller

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Greta Vardanyan wearing a white shirt and red-orange singlet on a weight-lifting bench. Her dark hair is tied back in a ponytail.

Greta Vardanyan

Michelle Konkoly stands and smiles in front of a pool wearing a blue bathing suit with red trim and several 2016 IPC Swimming World Championship silver medals around her neck. She has long blonde hair, which is parted on the side.

Michelle Konkoly

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Barbara Jordan with short curly black hair smiles and wears a back top with a white collar.

Barbara Jordan

Fredrick Brennan with short brown hair wearing glasses and a dark teal shirt with yellow symbols holds a piece of notebook paper to the camera, which reads: Hispachan, preguntame lo que quieras. He is propped up on a pillow with a leopard print blanket and Pomeranian-chihuahua mix behind him.

Fredrick Brennan

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Chuck Baird's painting called Mechanical Ear. A light-skinned ear filled with wires, batteries, electrodes, and gearboxes.

Chuck Baird

Luis Buñuel Portolés wearing a light long-sleeved shirt with stripes. His arms are folded, and he stares straight at the camera with a serious expression. His dark hair is parted to the side and slicked back.

Luis Buñuel Portolés

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Akshansh Gupta with short dark hair and wearing a dark blue suit and dress shirt. He sits in a wheelchair and smiles at the camera.

Dr. Akshansh Gupta

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Bob Kafka in a wheelchair holding a sign that says We Will Ride. He has curly dark hair, a mustache, and a wiry beard, and a woman holds a microphone to his face. He wears an ADAPT t-shirt over a long-sleeved dark top and has a white hat on his lap.

Bob Kafka

Stella Young in a black dress with chin-length blonde hair. She sits in her motorized wheelchair and holds a microphone with her right hand. The wall behind her is a vivid pinkish purple.

Stella Young

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Elaine Allard wears a white sleeveless basketball jersey, which says Canada and Number 4 in red lettering and black pants. Her brown hair is pulled back, and she smiles at the camera. Her wrists and right hand are wrapped in athletic tape, and she sits in a basketball wheelchair with wheels slanted inward on a court. Other players and empty stadium seats are behind her.

Elaine Allard

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Aaron Trent wearing a red, white, and blue USA cycling jersey and medal around his neck. He has short brown hair and smiles slightly at the camera.

Aaron Trent

Ethelda Bleibtrey smiles in a one-piece swimming suit with both arms stretched out in front her, as if she were about to dive into the water below her. She stands at the edge of a wooden dock with her knees together and bent, and she looks up and smiles at the camera. She has short blonde hair.

Ethelda Bleibtrey

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An old, worn newspaper with An Act to regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions is printed.

Act to regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions (1793)

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Dinah Shore

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