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Disability Debrief

By Peter Torres Fremlin and friends.

A disability lens on world news, with resources from 160+ countries.

Our weekly newsletter keeps you informed, and original writing by disabled people will make you laugh, cry and take action.

From Ancient Egypt to artificial intelligence, learn how disability shapes our changing world.

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Articles

Coming together as we fall apart

Was the Global Disability Summit a Goodbye?

23 Apr 2025

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Pressing pause

The Debrief takes a week off

16 Apr 2025

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A good friend of mine

Falling in love with assistive technology in Indonesia

09 Apr 2025

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Recovering our dreams

A dispatch from the Global Disability Summit

02 Apr 2025

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The choices are not equal

Raúl Krauthausen challenges segregation of disabled people in Germany

26 Mar 2025

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A familiar place

Five years of Covid, forced back to work, and curated news from 39 countries

19 Mar 2025

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Hands once joined

Impacts of aid freeze, education insights, and more from the mailbag

12 Mar 2025

This is war

Fighting back against the violence faced by people with albinism

05 Mar 2025

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We have a right to be angry

Protests in France, seismic shifts in the US and curated news from 45+ countries

26 Feb 2025

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Good trouble for a good cause

ADD International support to Disability Debrief

24 Feb 2025