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Disability Debrief

By Peter Torres Fremlin and friends.

A disability lens on world news, with resources from 160+ countries.

Our weekly newsletter keeps you informed, and original writing by disabled people will make you laugh, cry and take action.

From Ancient Egypt to artificial intelligence, learn how disability shapes our changing world.

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Recovering our dreams

A dispatch from the Global Disability Summit
02 Apr 2025
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The choices are not equal

Raúl Krauthausen challenges segregation of disabled people in Germany
26 Mar 2025
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A familiar place

Five years of Covid, forced back to work, and curated news from 39 countries
19 Mar 2025
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Hands once joined

Impacts of aid freeze, education insights, and more from the mailbag
12 Mar 2025
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This is war

Fighting back against the violence faced by people with albinism
05 Mar 2025
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We have a right to be angry

Protests in France, seismic shifts in the US and curated news from 45+ countries
26 Feb 2025
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Good trouble for a good cause

ADD International support to Disability Debrief
24 Feb 2025

Forgotten

Finding my own worth in a frightening shadow world
19 Feb 2025
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A one-sided deal

When inclusive education means getting rid of our differences
12 Feb 2025
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Stop work

The US aid freeze's devastating impact on disabled people
05 Feb 2025
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