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Peter Torres Fremlin

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

Shallow, siloed and tokenistic: critiques of inclusion

Plus: assisted suicide, access to the air, and the bodies we dream of.
11 Oct 2022
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Fractured, fighting, fixed: adventures in hospital

Why medical systems struggle with inclusion
27 Sep 2022
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A new resource on disability rights

A fast-growing library, and the web accessibility challenges in making it.
22 Aug 2022
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Feeling pride, feeling poorly, feeling the prices

Plus: punk, stamp collecting, and much more
02 Aug 2022

A disability-rights view on community and mental health

Bhargavi Davar on Buddhism, connection, colonialism and earthworms
20 Jun 2022
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Assistive technology: needed by one in three, and me

Plus: wheelchair cameos, children left behind in Ukraine, and curated news
07 Jun 2022

Reader Rebrief: classifying disability, Russia, and digital media

Plus: new support to the Debrief, and memories of Marcia Rioux
30 May 2022

"I'm not rebellious": Abner Manlapaz, lifelong rebel

Finding disability rights and fighting for them, plus the Philippines elections
10 May 2022

New Frontiers for Activism in AI and Tech

Plus where we are with covid, key pieces on Ukraine, remembering Marcia Rioux, and much more
19 Apr 2022

Responses to climate change leaving disabled people behind

Plus: what I missed on Ukraine, and more from readers.
04 Apr 2022
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