Disability Resource Library
A catalogue covering 170+ countries
The Debrief library is a catalogue of hand-picked links to news, research and insights from around the world. It is updated on a monthly basis.
Browsing the library, you will find disabled people's stories, analysis, entertainment and research. Learn about disability around the world, and the ways it intersects with all areas of social life.
Started in 2022, the library now contains 7,998 links. The latest update was in October 2026.
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Navigate the library by subject. Discover a disability lens on everything from K-Pop to accessible space travel.
There's also a dedicated guide on climate change.
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Recent Highlights
Today is the day I realised. How did disability shape your day? Diaries from around the world. (Sep, Disability Debrief)
In Bulgaria:
To sit under the rain What the Independent Living Movement taught me about freedom:
“This is a lesson that I think is important for us all, disabled and non-disabled alike. I share my memories of independent living because they offered me a way of understanding the world that values inter-dependence without surrendering individual autonomy.” (Jul, Disability Debrief)
In Kenya:
What Happened to USP-Kenya? The Challenge of Sustaining an Organisation Through Rapid Growth:
“Growth can be exciting, but it needs to be intentional and supported by investment in people, shared leadership, organisational systems, and a broader funding base. Structures that distribute power, clarify responsibility, and enable accountability are essential to sustaining movement work. Administrative and governance systems also matter because they help an organisation care for its people and protect what they have built. Boards need the capacity to provide direction and oversight, while knowledge, relationships, and responsibility need to be shared so that the work can continue through funding losses, leadership changes, illness, or periods of distress.” (Aug, Mad Thinking)
In Rwanda:
Where traditional perceptions meet global views. Evolving attitudes to disability in Rwanda, from precolonial times to today:
“International efforts on disability inclusion in Rwanda have too often ignored our indigenous traditions. Like in other African countries, treatment of community members with disabilities is an intertwined outcome of inherent social beliefs, practices of the colonial era, and the right-based models championed by activists in disability movements that came out of our newly-inclusive schools.” (Sep, Disability Debrief)
In South Africa:
Returning the gaze: Using art to transform representations of people with albinism:
“But while I grew up with little to no constructive representation of people with albinism, now that I am older, I am able to challenge that. Through a journey into arts and activism, I use images to challenge damaging portrayals, reclaim agency, and offer humanising depictions of people with albinism.” (Sep, Disability Debrief)