Peter Torres Fremlin

I make a newsletter on international disability news and I need your help. The two biggest challenges for a project like this are visibility and financing. Please share, to help others find it. And if you're comfortable, it runs on pay-what-you-can. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/open...

This explains some emails I get also - someone has gone to ChatGPT with a disability-related problem and then ChatGPT gives an email they can send likely reporters

Let's block more streets. If you thought this was about all things #disability, you missed the point of the Drive. It's unforgettable to meet Brussels "the razzie accessibility awards winner" and other people stripped of their basic human rights. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/lets...

This explains so much - fascinating!

Great read on energy limiting conditions and how they are often left out of disability coversations #longcovid #MECFS #fbME www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/seat...

In case you missed it, this month's "Disability Thinking Weekday" Q&A is with "Disability Debrief" creator Peter Torres Fremlin. disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/9-23-26-sept...

Oh, It’s Happening to Me, by @thischairrocks.bsky.social and @desibility.bsky.social: https://www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oh-its-happening-to-me/?ref=frontenddogma.com #interviews #accessibility

Heraclitus said that "panta rei", (everything flows). It's at the heart of his philosophy. You can't bathe twice in the same river. #disability #ableism #ageism www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oh-i...

200 ya? No me lo puedo creer, @desibility.bsky.social www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/200/ Enhorabuena chaval!

This is a @404media.co appreciation post. What an incredible newsroom. They consistently report stories that are genuinely meaningful and wouldn't have received adequate coverage elsewhere - and they do it so incredibly well. I'm an enormous fan.

We'd love our network to get behind @desibility.bsky.social's call for submissions. The everyday lives of people with disabilities are too often underrepresented. This is a chance to share those experiences directly, in people's own words. Details: www.disabilitydebrief.org/dear-disabil...

🎉New Podcast🎉 Very excited to share that our episode with Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social, Joe Wood and Vanessa Rampton is now available! Listen here for an incredibly rich discussion on assisted dying, disability politics, and what agency really means. assistedlab.ch/podcasts

Very pleased to share my new essay in the Disability Debrief @desibility.bsky.social about what my experiences in a residential institution taught me about power and resistance & how those lessons have come back to me during rising authoritarianism. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/inst...

While scrolling the Blackwell's website, I found out that my little book on France is available for the almost absurdly cheap price of £6. Anyone who needs a primer on France that is short, sharp and (hopefully!) stimulating should go for it... blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

It's stormy weather for making media covering international disability rights. See how we cover global disability news and make a platform for new stories on disability. And please help us continue: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/weat...

"My disability made my body a unique canvas for fashion and styling. Through clothes I found new forms of inclusion and participation. And with a unique form of self-expression, I found my identity." – Tanzila Khan www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/find...

📝New piece out by Disability Debrief (which we happen to be quoted in!) Top quotes from the past months of disability reading 👇 www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/list...

“As a young autistic woman, how can I figure out if someone is using me or if they are genuine? I don’t want to go around being bitter and not trusting anyone.” A new disability advice column by @teawithhb.com. Dear HB: an agony aunt in constant agony. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/am-i...

What does “nothing about us without us” mean if our words are written by machines? I get that AI can be an assistive tool, but if we adopt it recklessly, we undermine an essential component of disability advocacy: how we share our lived experience. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/made...

How different countries approach assisted dying www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/coun... #a11y

Disability lists, wheelchairing in the snow, and what does winning look like? www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/spot...

Much of the disability movement is against assisted dying, but disabled people have also been at the forefront of demanding access to it. This article takes a step back to see the complexities of what's at stake, in terms of policy & personal experiences. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/coun...

Do personal stories ignore global inequity? One Disability Debrief reader thought so. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/coll...

Are disabled artists allowed to tell the stories we want? What's the relationship between art and activism? And can art actually end ableism? In my new essay, I reflect on 10 years of making disability media. www.bodybabble.com/p/do-disable...

“The parents distance themselves from the harm they inflict by telling themselves it comes from a place of love.”

"I teach my students to be bold warriors against any mistreatment, to find their own place in our culture. But I'm not able to do that in my own case." www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/root...

I spent the month in pre-election Dhaka, and heard a lot of conspiracy theories

On the fruits and flaws of disability community: "You can’t pick palm nuts without your hands getting oily". Alexander Ogheneruemu writes about Deaf community in Nigeria, how it liberated him and others at the same time as its challenges and corruption. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/pick...

"Silence has long been one of my dearest companions. But over the past months it has abandoned me." Tharā Gabriel evocatively shares her experience of tinnitus the impact on her life, and the search for an assistive technology that might help - or hurt. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/sear...

A difficult topic but thankful to the team @truthout.org and to my dear friend and collaborator @mariannedhe.bsky.social for suggesting me as a possible person to write this.

In 2025 I took my first flight in over four years, started using a machine to help me breathe at night, and fell in love. As for the wider world? This year was the most significant setback to global disability rights in my lifetime. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/onwa...

I've started my own Substack! Brief weekly comments on Middle East political & conflict trends. My first post argues that a new form of militarization is driving authoritarian transformation in Israel: Netanyahu takes a leaf from Hafez Assad’s playbook open.substack.com/pub/sayighye...

Part of disability is trying to explain our experiences, whether it be to children, bureaucrats or a new lover. My favourite quotes on self-advocacy and much more, including @accease.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @afropersonnage.ch et al www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/self...

If The Squeaky Wheel has ever given you a smile, a laugh, or a temporary cold sore, please consider donating at thesqueakywheel.org/donate.

“I'm honoured to be your ancestor”: remembering Alice Wong in her own words. Alice's writing changed the way I see myself and our future. Here are the ones that touched me most: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/hono...

“I'm honoured to be your ancestor”: remembering Alice Wong in her own words. Alice's writing changed the way I see myself and our future. Here are the ones that touched me most: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/hono...

Sometimes disability lets you rip up the blueprint and do life differently. Mario Georgiou shares how his progressive disability – Usher Syndrome – led him to move from London to Budapest, and the (mis)adventures he had along the way:

Mad Pride protests in France denounced violence in medical treatment. One of the protestors said: “All my life, I’ve been told I was different. Today, I’ve come to fight against normality!” This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/figh...

I wrote something with the wonderful @mcslaven.bsky.social about how the immigration debate in the UK has becoming so mind-bogglingly radicalised. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...

The United Nations isn't doing enough on disability www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/un-s... #a11y

What happens to disability rights in a backsliding democracy? We can learn from countries who have been down that path already. Gabor @petrigoh.bsky.social shares his own experience and research from Central and Eastern Europe. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/this...

The UN isn't doing enough on disability: an evaluation of a five-year reform shows progress is “extremely slow”. Plus, the lessons of inclusion that I took from latrines. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/un-s...

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Why is it that a “King-of-the-Hill” leadership style, individualistic and sometimes despotic, often occurs in the disability movement? And how can it be avoided? IK Ero shares reflections from two decades of advocacy, arguing to recenter our motivations. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/you-...

After 9+ years of making disability media, I've finally started a newsletter on #Substack! Body Babble is the newsletter where crip, queer & misfit bodies talk back. My first essay, "When you stammer with someone", is about #Stammering #Pride. Read + subscribe: www.bodybabble.com/p/when-you-s...

A global survey of assistance dog handlers shows that 65% had encountered skepticism about their dog's legitimacy, and 43% had been refused access to public spaces in the past year. All this and more in the latest disability news... www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/work...

I don’t rep GNs, but I’m really rooting for Rachel to get signed! I loved her recent essay in the Disability Debrief newsletter and would love to see more people have access to her art!

"The disability movement has come together as one of the strongest voices defending human rights in Argentina." The disability emergency in Argentina shows the dangers disabled people face from the far-right. It's great to see how they can be resisted. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/chai...