Disability Resource Library
A catalogue covering 160+ 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 6,060 links. The latest update was in March 2025.
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There's also a dedicated guide on climate change.
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Recent Highlights
Stop work: Disability Debrief feature on the US aid freeze's devastating impact on disabled people:
’People with disabilities are impacted both as general beneficiaries of these programmes and also recipients of aid targeted directly towards them. Organisations responsible for service provision or advocacy for disabled people have been sent reeling, with many having to stop work and send staff home. Specialists see this as having “dreadful long term consequences” and even causing “multigenerational harm” to persons with disabilities and their families.’ (Feb, Disability Debrief)
In China:
Gender and Disability in China: The Rise of Female-Led Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPOs):
“Amid the growing disability-consciousness movement enabled by digitalisation, a new generation of female-led DPOs has been active and influential in raising disability awareness and organising communities in China. These female-led DPOs are initiated by Chinese disabled women who are based in major cities in China or living overseas. Many founders are highly educated and have been educated overseas. Their organisations aim to build communities (many specifically hope to empower disabled girls and women through targeted programming), share resources, and challenge disability and gender stigma from traditional male-led DPOs.” (Feb, Made in China Journal)
In Malaysia:
Tan Kuan Aw activist and artist. Remembering the art he published on Disability Debrief. (Feb, Disability Debrief)
In Tanzania:
Landmark judgment on rights of persons with albinism delivered by African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights:
“The African Court judgment is a timely message to other African states to fight against harmful cultural beliefs and practices, endured by persons with albinism for several decades without redress and hold perpetrators accountable. Notably, Tanzania has the highest population of persons with albinism globally. This landmark judgment sets a precedent on which to base enforcement and protection of the rights of persons with albinism in other parts of Africa and globally.” (Feb, Centre for Human Rights)
In the United States:
Forgotten Debrief essay, on “finding my own worth in a frightening shadow world”:
“My disabled life is not glamorous, nor is it particularly beautiful. This life is unbearably lonely, often painful, and filled with fear of the unknown about the future. But it deserves to be witnessed.” (Feb, Disability Debrief)