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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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Going off script

Moving through shame to find pride in disabled and queer identity

04 Jun 2025

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Never go back

Reversal in the United States, the link between disability and trans struggles, and the latest news from 29 countries

29 May 2025

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Go give them their flowers

Grief and memorial in disability community

21 May 2025

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All hands together

Help Disability Debrief meet the moment

15 May 2025

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A scrambled breakfast

AI opens up visual access but closes down social change

07 May 2025

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The Chair of Saint Peter

The most famous wheelchair user in the world, and curated news on disability from 29 countries

30 Apr 2025

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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