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...

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. 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...

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...

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...

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-...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, September 22, 2025 - Rehabilitation, AI biases, and COVID vaccine access #Disability #Disabled disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/9-22-25-reha...

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...

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-...

Asking for forgiveness www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/aski... #a11y

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. www.disabilitydebrief.org/signup

“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...

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...

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...

“There is no safe space in Gaza.” This week's Disability Debrief curates disability news from 37 countries. And its starts by seeing the situation of disabled people in the apocalyptic conditions in Gaza. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/they...

They burned my heart: thanks @desibility.bsky.social for continuing to report about the horrific situation of people , and specifically with details about people with disabilities in Gaza. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/they...

“We're the ones that save ourselves”: last year's floods in Brazil show how bridges against ableism are even more important in a disaster. Alessandra Sousa with reporting on the devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul last year: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/save...

Este artigo, do Peter, traduz muito daquilo que é o sentimento ao passar a usar um ventilador. A minha experiência pessoal é muito mais drástica, e tem um impacto visual maior, mas o essencial é o mesmo, a adaptação a algo que mexe com o nosso capacitismo internalizado, que funciona contra nós.

Often disability advocates act like ableism is just something other people feel. But recent physical changes shows that these prejudices are within me too. Here's how I followed my initial reactions with a comma, not a full stop. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/brea...

Today's Debrief is an interview with @luuviegas.bsky.social on making broader coalitions around disability, and working on intersectionality without it becoming a "monster". www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/with...

This photo from a protest in London last week summarises the fight disabled people are caught in around the world. See how disabled people are resisting, and what's coming for us. All this and more in curated news from 35 countries: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/but-...

News is swirling around about the chaotic concessions and bill push-through yesterday. But what are the actual changes and how will they impact you? Our Welfare Policy Officer, Ken Butler takes you through it all in this piece👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...

Global disability discussions, with everything from friendship and health to the tightrope of disability community. With @francesryan.bsky.social, @thetattooedjew.com @johnharris1969.bsky.social @inclusioneurope.bsky.social @afropersonnage.ch @devonpersing.bsky.social @blondehistorian.bsky.social

Latest @desibility.bsky.social is out, with links to a fantastic selection of disabled writing and thinking www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/busy...

There's a difference between professionalism and professional competency. The former relies on establishment integration while the latter is self-reliant. Not coincidentally, that's more or less the same difference between being a non-profit leader and a social entrepreneur.

When @yesmedia.bsky.social announced that it would be shutting down, I stopped waffling about launching a newsletter and started setting it up. Read about that decision and subscribe with an early supporter discount here: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/thanks-for-b...

Pride in Disabled and Queer Identity🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️ Delighted to share this @desibility.bsky.social piece from DR UK Trustee, Celestine, on the intersections of queerness and disability 'Why does the conversation rarely go beyond the accessibility of Pride events?' www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/goin...

Does joining the establishment take disability activism away from its original mission? This question is the heart of disability work today, where policy successes have not always led to better lives for disabled people. By @halberto1980.bsky.social www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/want...

Does joining the establishment take disability activism away from its original mission? This question is the heart of disability work today, where policy successes have not always led to better lives for disabled people. By @halberto1980.bsky.social www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/want...

I wrote for the Disability Debrief on where disability organising is headed—and where it feels stuck. About professionalisation and the growing distance between movements and the people we claim to represent. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/want... Thanks, @desibility.bsky.social!