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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.

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Busy fixing yesterday

Friendship, parenting and the tightrope of disability community
25 Jun 2025
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Sahabat Baik Saya

Cerita tentang bagaimana saya terpikat pada alat bantu mobilitas di Indonesia
25 Jun 2025
Sebuah ilustrasi digital seperti pada tampilan video game, menunjukkan seorang perempuan dengan postur pendek memilih sebuah kursi roda pink dari menu alat bantu.

Lots of proteins

Questions of activism, priests using wheelchairs, and more from the mailbag
18 Jun 2025
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We Wanted to Change the World

The risks professionalisation poses to an authentic disability movement
11 Jun 2025
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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
A photo of wheelchair-users protesting in a US government committee room, while two members of the USCP police intervene beside them.

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
An abstract illustration of a scene on the clouds. A woman sends photos from her phone into a dark grey box, which explodes and scatters photos on the other side.

The Chair of Saint Peter

The most famous wheelchair user in the world, and curated news on disability from 29 countries
30 Apr 2025
A photograph of Pope Francis being lifted out of his wheelchair by a tall man wearing a dark suit.