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Celestine Fraser @celestinefraser.bsky.social · 15h

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...

When you stammer with someone

At Stammering Pride, dysfluency creates connection

www.bodybabble.com

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks for this piece Sara, I shared in this week's Debrief

Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 20h

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...

Working like a dog

Barriers for assistance dogs, and curated disability news from 41 countries

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 20h

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...

Working like a dog

Barriers for assistance dogs, and curated disability news from 41 countries

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 1d

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!

Rachel DL @racheldl.bsky.social · 1d

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

Two graphic novel pages, representing rachel scribbling in a notebook a cartoon about food insecurity

rachel at university health services, the doctor inquiring why she doesn't have health insurance

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 1d

thanks!

Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 3d

love the newsletter! always a great mix and well-explained

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 6d

looking forward!

Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 6d

oh how exciting!! always appreciate your recs and loved the first seasons of this

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks so much El! Always appreciate so much your reading and kind words 🙏🏼

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 8d

"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...

A chainsaw to disability rights

How Argentina’s far-right government is attacking disability benefits and the disability movement is fighting back

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks so much Clara! These were compiled by @ainekc.bsky.social

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Clara Paillard @claraunite.bsky.social · 11d

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...

Climate and disability resource guide: understanding

Disabled perspectives, climate activism, and resources for education and research.

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 10d

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...

Letters from the Future

An Open Call for Disability Science Fiction

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Katri! We've already started getting some moving submissions, imagining a moment outside of our current fights...

(and btw I asked Rob to share w LFTW storytelling competition winners also)

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César Giménez @cgimenezs.bsky.social · 13d

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-...

Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · Feb 12

“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.”

Illustration of a window onto a classroom with a group of Black children rigidly studying, and others on the outside noisy and restless. Inside the classroom the students lean over their books and the blackboard has "inclusive education" written on it. Outside the children look noisy and climb as if into the class from a bench and the window pane. A bee flies around them.

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Andrew Pulrang @apulrang.bsky.social · 17d

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...

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 ...

disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 13d

such a fun and interesting day - thanks for hosting us Lucy!

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 13d

amazing, congrats Vera!

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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 15d

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

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 16d

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Rachel DL @racheldl.bsky.social · 22d

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.

Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 22d

“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-...

Get set for independence

Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 22d

“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-...

Get set for independence

Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived

www.disabilitydebrief.org

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Accessibility in the News @a11ynews.bsky.social · 24d

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

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 24d

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

Sign-up to get a disability lens on world news

An engaging weekly guide for the disability community and disability curious.

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 29d

helpful and interesting review, thank you Naomi!

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