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Watercolour portrait of Peter, a white man, with curly dark hair, beard, glasses and wearing a dark blue sweater.

Peter Torres Fremlin

Peter is the creator and editor of Disability Debrief and is based in Colchester, UK. See more about Peter and how that led him to create the Debrief.

The portrait of Peter is by Tan Kuan Aw.

Articles by Peter

Watercolour portrait of Peter, a white man, with curly dark hair, beard, glasses and wearing a dark blue sweater.

Peter Torres Fremlin

Peter is the author of Disability Debrief and is based in Colchester, UK.

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Helen Keller's inaccessible birthplace, how we get hidden in history, and a chair that climbs stairs
11 Nov 2026
Illustration of two Debrief readers sitting in a room of their home, one of them sits on a rocking chair with his tablet, reading the newsletter, the other sits on a wheelchair at her desk.

“My story is truly the American dream”

Disability in the US midterms, a forest with wolves and monsters, and curated news from 45 countries
05 Nov 2026
Photograph of Josh Turek (sitting) and Tom Harkin (standing) on a political stage in front of the US and Iowa flags.

“Let's block more streets”

And the freedom to live our lives as we choose
21 Oct 2026
A photo of two wheelchair-using women animatedly speaking into a microphone and megaphone at the front of a protest in a city square.

“It isn’t fair that they throw us out onto the streets”

Housing vultures, feminist fightback and curated news from 30 countries
08 Oct 2026
A close-up photo of an older woman seated, covering her eyes with her hand, with a crowd of activists and reporters gathers around her.

What do disability rights mean to you?

A call for writing, reflections on (in)visibility, and flirting
30 Sep 2026
An illustration of a giant excavator claw holding a book titled 'CRPD' hanging above planet Earth.

Today is the day I realised

How did disability shape your day? Diaries from around the world.
23 Sep 2026
An illustration of a house filled with different scenes, including a person on a bed, a wheelchair user, a running child, and someone collapsed on the floor.

Rise and fall

Rise of the far right, fall of international development, and curated news from 40 countries
10 Sep 2026
A photo of a roadside protest, where a powerchair-user draped in a Union Jack flag is blocking an oncoming blue van.

Away in August

Back in September!
05 Aug 2026
Postcard style illustration of a canal, with two swans swimming. The banks are grassy on either side and the illustration is framed by a canopy of trees.

Progress is real, but fragile

The long term impacts of inclusion, and curated news from 39 countries
30 Jul 2026
A blonde woman faces a placard reading DISABILITY PRIDE. The sign is held on a stick at a slightly crooked angle and PRIDE is in pink.

A new kind of clock

Crip time, understanding hearing aids, and phantom models of disability
15 Jul 2026
A digital illustration of a distorted and blurred clock being held by a pair of hands.

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