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 7,904 links. The latest update was in September 2026.
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There's also a dedicated guide on climate change.
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Recent Highlights
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 the United States:
“Oh, it's happening to me.” Ageism, ableism and adaptation, with Ashton Applewhite:
“Aging and disability have unique intersectional and advocacy potential because they are tents that contain us all. Everyone is aging, and everyone lucky enough to live long will experience some loss of capacity. Because these are universal human experiences, there is enormous potential for collective liberation.” (Jul, Disability Debrief)
What being institutionalised taught me about resistance. And why these lessons come back as Trump attacks marginalised communities:
“It can feel like we must yield to those in power. But what the institutions of my childhood taught me is that obedience only gives permission for systems of exploitation to continue. When I had lost all other freedom, non-compliance reignited my will to survive.” (Jun, Disability Debrief)