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Peter Torres Fremlin

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

How many disabled people are there?

Why the complexity of disability can't be reduced to one number
12 Jul 2023
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Benefits are broken

Latest disability news from nearly 60 countries
05 Jul 2023

“Can't work without it”

Ford Foundation support Disability Debrief
03 Jul 2023

Protesting the protestors

Segregation in France, Paralympic Games and the sickness in our work
28 Jun 2023

My prayer to failure

Reflections 10 years after the Rana Plaza building collapse
21 Jun 2023
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Bad people took pity on us

Stories from wartime Ukraine, migration across Mexico, and higher education in Brazil
14 Jun 2023

Disability news from 50+ countries, June 2023

From the top of Everest to protests in Paris and Seoul
07 Jun 2023

Do we practice what we preach?

The discrimination we face while advocating on disability
24 May 2023
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A small group of people

Movement building, assistive technology and acquiring disability
17 May 2023

Taming the tiger

Updates from Sudan, the future of care and ableism in the Paralympics
10 May 2023
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