Peter Torres Fremlin
@desibility.bsky.social
Covering world news with a disability lens. I love languages, questions and places I've lived 🇬🇧🇧🇷🇧🇩🇪🇬
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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.
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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.
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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:
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:
Falling for Budapest
Moving country with a progressive disability and finding a new attitude to risk
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November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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:
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.
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This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries.
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Fight against normality
Protests, sign languages, and curated disability news from 42 countries
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/figh...
Reposted by Peter Torres Fremlin
I wrote something with the wonderful @mcslaven.bsky.social about how the immigration debate in the UK has becoming so mind-bogglingly radicalised.
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Britain Is Having the World’s Most Extreme Immigration Debate
The British discourse makes even the Trump administration look moderate.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
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The United Nations isn't doing enough on disability www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/un-s... #a11y
The United Nations isn't doing enough on disability
A five-year reform made important steps but progress is “extremely slow”
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November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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.
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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...
“This should not be happening”
Lessons on how backsliding democracy curtails disability rights
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October 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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...
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...
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Join us this Thursday! The awesome @desibility.bsky.social will be our guest, and I am really looking forward!
💬 Join our next #PersonalAssistance Watch meeting!
🗓 30 Oct, 17:00–18:30 CET
Topic: Rethinking Care Systems: Care & Interdependence
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#PersonalAssistance #IndependentLiving
🗓 30 Oct, 17:00–18:30 CET
Topic: Rethinking Care Systems: Care & Interdependence
👉 Register here: enil.eu/event/paw-pe...
#PersonalAssistance #IndependentLiving
PAW – Personal Assistance Watch - ENIL
When: the last Thursday each month, from 17:00 – 18:30. Where: Online, Zoom You can join us by registering here. What is PAW? Personal ...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join us this Thursday! The awesome @desibility.bsky.social will be our guest, and I am really looking forward!
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.
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Plus, the lessons of inclusion that I took from latrines.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/un-s...
The United Nations isn't doing enough on disability
A five-year reform made important steps but progress is “extremely slow”
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October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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...
Plus, the lessons of inclusion that I took from latrines.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/un-s...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Take the quiz at thesqueakywheel.org/who-said...
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.
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IK Ero shares reflections from two decades of advocacy, arguing to recenter our motivations.
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“You have to do something”
Reflecting on leadership after leaving the advocacy frontlines
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October 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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-...
IK Ero shares reflections from two decades of advocacy, arguing to recenter our motivations.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/you-...
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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...
My first essay, "When you stammer with someone", is about #Stammering #Pride.
Read + subscribe: www.bodybabble.com/p/when-you-s...
When you stammer with someone
At Stammering Pride, dysfluency creates connection
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October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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...
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...
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All this and more in the latest disability news...
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Working like a dog
Barriers for assistance dogs, and curated disability news from 41 countries
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October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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...
All this and more in the latest disability news...
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/work...
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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!
18-yr-old Rachel wants to enjoy college like her peers–seemingly housing & food secure, with family. Instead, an ex-homeless runaway youth, Rachel is thrust into adulthood on her own. To survive, she must rebuild community & confront a dark secret at the root of her new independence. #DVpit #GN #DIS
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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...
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...
A chainsaw to disability rights
How Argentina’s far-right government is attacking disability benefits and the disability movement is fighting back
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October 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"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...
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...
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So far the best list of resources I've found about the intersection of disability and climate justice! ♿️✊️🌏
Thanks to @desibility.bsky.social for compiling this!
www.disabilitydebrief.org/climate-unde...
Thanks to @desibility.bsky.social for compiling this!
www.disabilitydebrief.org/climate-unde...
Climate and disability resource guide: understanding
Disabled perspectives, climate activism, and resources for education and research.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
So far the best list of resources I've found about the intersection of disability and climate justice! ♿️✊️🌏
Thanks to @desibility.bsky.social for compiling this!
www.disabilitydebrief.org/climate-unde...
Thanks to @desibility.bsky.social for compiling this!
www.disabilitydebrief.org/climate-unde...
Imagine... the year is 2050, and disability rights are real.
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
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Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
Letters from the Future
An Open Call for Disability Science Fiction
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September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Imagine... the year is 2050, and disability rights are real.
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
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Missed reading the Debrief, it has so many issues to keep thinking about. Nyuki wrote on education & inclusion back in February. She wonders about inclusion in education and I want to think assimilation, normalcy, and much more. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/one-...
“I wish we practiced ‘inclusion’ differently. I no longer want my students to be included as a favour or out of pity. I no longer want them to be included if it means they need to change themselves to fit in. It is not inclusion if you have to walk on eggshells and always fear being excluded.”
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Missed reading the Debrief, it has so many issues to keep thinking about. Nyuki wrote on education & inclusion back in February. She wonders about inclusion in education and I want to think assimilation, normalcy, and much more. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/one-...
Reposted by Peter Torres Fremlin
Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, September 22, 2025 - Rehabilitation, AI biases, and COVID vaccine access
#Disability #Disabled
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#Disability #Disabled
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9/22/25 - Rehabilitation, AI biases, and COVID vaccine access
Good afternoon!
And welcome to Autumn. It's my favorite season, weather-wise, here in Northeastern New York State. The leaves aren't anywhere near full color yet. When they are, I may share a photo ...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, September 22, 2025 - Rehabilitation, AI biases, and COVID vaccine access
#Disability #Disabled
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#Disability #Disabled
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What a much-needed hope-filled call to reimagine our future in this week's @desibility.bsky.social brief. Take a look and submit: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/reim...
Ability to reimagine ourselves
An open call for science fiction, breathing together, and more from the mailbag
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September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
What a much-needed hope-filled call to reimagine our future in this week's @desibility.bsky.social brief. Take a look and submit: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/reim...
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Excited to share my new piece with @desibility.bsky.social! It's about my experience in a physical rehabilitation hospital, shame, and, the ways that for-profit healthcare emphasizes individual responsibility for failing health - to my own detriment.
“Independence was the supposed goal, and the hospital would justify withdrawing their costly care by pretending I had achieved it.”
In today's Disability Debrief, @racheldl.bsky.social exposes the perils of for-profit healthcare in the US.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/get-...
In today's Disability Debrief, @racheldl.bsky.social exposes the perils of for-profit healthcare in the US.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/get-...
Get set for independence
Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived
www.disabilitydebrief.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Excited to share my new piece with @desibility.bsky.social! It's about my experience in a physical rehabilitation hospital, shame, and, the ways that for-profit healthcare emphasizes individual responsibility for failing health - to my own detriment.
“Independence was the supposed goal, and the hospital would justify withdrawing their costly care by pretending I had achieved it.”
In today's Disability Debrief, @racheldl.bsky.social exposes the perils of for-profit healthcare in the US.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/get-...
In today's Disability Debrief, @racheldl.bsky.social exposes the perils of for-profit healthcare in the US.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/get-...
Get set for independence
Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived
www.disabilitydebrief.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Independence was the supposed goal, and the hospital would justify withdrawing their costly care by pretending I had achieved it.”
In today's Disability Debrief, @racheldl.bsky.social exposes the perils of for-profit healthcare in the US.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/get-...
In today's Disability Debrief, @racheldl.bsky.social exposes the perils of for-profit healthcare in the US.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/get-...
Reposted by Peter Torres Fremlin
Asking for forgiveness www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/aski... #a11y
Asking for forgiveness
Hamburg signs “sorry”, and a tour of the latest news from 40+ countries
www.disabilitydebrief.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Asking for forgiveness www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/aski... #a11y
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September 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I need your help to reach a new milestone for Disability Debrief: 4,000 weekly readers.
We're 10-20 folk short of reaching that landmark, for a newsletter that publishes global disability stories you won't read anywhere else.
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“Your disability can be your greatest opportunity to learn about the world.” – @sophielmorgan.bsky.social
In this edition we learn about doorknobs, ableism, and the pressures of authoritarian regimes. (Plus an electric wheelchair-using sheep)
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In this edition we learn about doorknobs, ableism, and the pressures of authoritarian regimes. (Plus an electric wheelchair-using sheep)
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oppo...
Greatest opportunity to learn
Navigating power, relationships, hostile doorknobs, and ordinary human failings
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September 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Your disability can be your greatest opportunity to learn about the world.” – @sophielmorgan.bsky.social
In this edition we learn about doorknobs, ableism, and the pressures of authoritarian regimes. (Plus an electric wheelchair-using sheep)
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oppo...
In this edition we learn about doorknobs, ableism, and the pressures of authoritarian regimes. (Plus an electric wheelchair-using sheep)
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oppo...
Reposted by Peter Torres Fremlin
latest newsletter from @desibility.bsky.social - 'Disabled people are figuring things out for themselves, and this edition shares reactions to ableist interactions and increased authoritarianism.'
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www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oppo...
Greatest opportunity to learn
Navigating power, relationships, hostile doorknobs, and ordinary human failings
www.disabilitydebrief.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
latest newsletter from @desibility.bsky.social - 'Disabled people are figuring things out for themselves, and this edition shares reactions to ableist interactions and increased authoritarianism.'
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oppo...
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/oppo...
Reposted by Peter Torres Fremlin
For more than 16 years, Disability News Service has broken important stories about the discrimination disabled people face every day across the UK.
Now DNS is looking for new subscribers to help fund its work.
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Now DNS is looking for new subscribers to help fund its work.
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Disability News Service needs new subscribers
For more than 16 years, Disability News Service has broken important stories about the discrimination disabled people face every day across the UK. Now DNS is looking for new subscribers to help fu…
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September 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
For more than 16 years, Disability News Service has broken important stories about the discrimination disabled people face every day across the UK.
Now DNS is looking for new subscribers to help fund its work.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disability-n...
Now DNS is looking for new subscribers to help fund its work.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disability-n...