Disability Debrief

Years of our work has come together into a unique curation of disability resources from 145+ countries, with a specialised guide on climate change. Climate work by @ainekc95 & support from @Sightsavers_Pol @CenterforInclu1 @FordFoundation @CBM_Global disabilitydebrief.org/growing-librar…

✍️ When democracies weaken, disability rights are threatened in many ways, our Post-doctoral Researcher Gabor Petri writes in an op-ed for @DisDebrief. Details: 👉 cutt.ly/Yr6I8zBx

Learning from twitter has shaped a lot of my life and career over the more than a decade I've been on here. Keeping up with disability twitter led to my current project writing about international news. But it's time to find new homes. Find me on @desibility.bsky.social

On @DisDebrief I share work from folk around the world: Raja on women with disabilities in Yemen disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/succes… Ida Putri on her journey to activism in Indonesia disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/bigger… @whatnowanna on accessible livelihoods in India disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/workin… #AXSChat

I write @DisDebrief to put a “disability lens” on world news. For me this means connecting lived experience with wider issues of policy and activism. See more about what I mean: disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/world-… #AXSChat

What type of country we become: Disabled people between Georgia’s Soviet legacy and European future | Via @disdebrief buff.ly/4f7OTPs #a11y

Happy to join #AXSChat tonight to talk about reporting on disability issues and to continue the conversation from our recent podcast buzzsprout.com/719037/episode… @AXSChat @NeilMilliken @debraruh @AkwyZ #AXSChat

New podcast episode! This week, we sat down with Peter Torres-Fremlin @desibility - founder of Disability Debrief. We discussed disability inclusion in the news, transparency, and elevating voices from the Global South. 🌍 Don’t miss this insightful conversation! #axschat #Accessibility Podcast link buzzsprout.com/719037/episode… @EvanKirstel @sarbjee @AndyDRC @jblefevre60 @JudgeWren @fwest34 @debraruh @NeilMilliken @puneetsinghal22 @SpirosMargaris @jorgecunha @PawlowskiMario @gvalan @ipfconline1 @sallyeaves @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @kalydeoo @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @Fabriziobustama @helene_wpli @FrRonconi @HaroldSinnott @fogle_shane @jeffkagan @jeancayeux @dinisguarda @shrutipushkarna

This World Mental Health Day, we're focusing on the workplace. For disabled people, access to work itself is a critical issue that impacts their well-being. Speaking to disabled people from India, I highlight the ways they try to make work accessible for themselves and others

#disability at work: Are employers ‘Purple Washing’ to hide poor disability practice? - #work #access #inclusion #business ⁦@DisDebrief⁩ ⁦@DisabilitySmart⁩ hrnews.co.uk/are-employers-…

The root cause of unemployment among disabled is the belief that disabilities are defects. Also the misguided notion … when a candidate does not fit the mainstream idea of how a disabled person appears. And so people with mental illnesses & invisible disabilities are rejected.

“Finding accessible work is hard work.” Today's Debrief explores the challenges disabled people face finding work in India. disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/workin… By @whatnowanna, illustrated by @sonakshaiyengar and with insights from @drsitu, @drnoni_nonita, and @enableindia.

@DisDebrief is such a great resource - If you're not already signed up for these excellent, content and resource-rich newsletters get on it now! disabilitydebrief.org/signup/?ref=di…

Listen to the latest episode of our podcast Disability Today to get tips on how to avoid #PurpleWashing and #PurpleHushing in your organisation, with insights from @bneu_andu and @desibility. You can also find out more in the accompanying discussion paper. ow.ly/1ysL50TpgBX

I love drawing disabled people existing in all our glory, taking up space, being in community while celebrating and advocating for ourselves and each other. Really enjoyed working on this illustration for @DisDebrief. 🖌️ disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/we-nee…

In the new episode of our podcast Disability Today, our CEO @DianeLightfoot welcomes guests @desibility and @bneu_andu to talk #PurpleWashing. What is it, and is your organisation doing it? ow.ly/wG3G50TpcPq #DisabilitySmart #DisabilityInclusion #PurpleHushing

Thanks again @DisDebrief and @desibility for your latest important critique of the @IDA_CRPD_Forum review disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/we-nee… - #transparency #NewLeadership and #accountability are critical for the #disability community to regain trust @DementiaAllianc @Sida @MyEDF

Thank you Peter @DisDebrief for this update on the challenges at the @IDA_CRPD_Forum Moving forward #Transparency is critical for trust to be restored by all people with #disabilities & we need progress their remit to equitably include people with #dementia @DementiaAllianc

Important reporting from Peter looking into what went wrong at the International disability Alliance - to help hold this largest global representative org for disabled people to account. disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/what-w…

Want to learn more about how disability justice & climate justice intersect — & what the climate movement must do to ensure disabled people are platformed & included? @ainekc95 has put together a great resource for @DisDebrief 👇 disabilitydebrief.org/climate-unders…

What went wrong at the International Disability Alliance (IDA)? At the start of the year an independent review found “signals of mismanagement” and alleged “abuse of power” by its leadership. Around $850,000 was identified as “financial irregularities”. 1/