I write @DisDebrief to keep up with disability in a changing world. I love languages, questions and places I've lived 🇬🇧🇧🇷🇧🇩🇪🇬
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A year ago I asked for help to go all-in on @DisDebrief.
An incredible response let me continue to build a newsletter and library relied upon by the disability movement all over the world.
See an annual stocktake and ask for help doing more in 2024:
disabilitydebrief.org/debrie…
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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
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Thanks all for the chat tonight!
Great to meet new people even in a final hurrah on X, as I and others drift away from the platform.
All best and keep it up @NeilMilliken @debraruh @puneetsinghal22 @DestekSolutions @Unuhinuii @DLBLLC @AkwyZ
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Happy to join #AXSChat tonight to talk about reporting on disability issues and to continue the conversation from our recent podcast
buzzsprout.com/719037/episod…
@AXSChat @NeilMilliken @debraruh @AkwyZ #AXSChat
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This is tough one, I think we're all navigating how we use AI.
AI is a great assistant, and I use it as such.
But we need to be careful about letting it take over.
In my own work, I prioritise hearing directly from disabled people.
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Q6 Will AI support journalists with disabilities, enhance their reporting, or ultimately replace them? How can AI be used to empower investigative journalism?#AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief #AI #AI4Good #AI4All
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Peter Torres Fremlin / @desibility.bsky.social retweeted
22 Oct 2024
Yes. And this lack of accountability reinforces exclusion and silences our voices. Investigative journalism has the power to challenge these dynamics, exposing hidden decisions and helping to ensure disabled people are not just consulted but leading the conversation. #AXSChat
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Reporting and media are essential for democratic exchange.
Transparency and accountability are especially needed in issues that affect marginalized populations.
Too much has been done in the name of disabled people without us knowing anything about it.
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Q5 What role does investigative reporting play in shaping inclusive policies? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #Journalism #Reporting #DisabilityDebrief
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Peter Torres Fremlin / @desibility.bsky.social retweeted
22 Oct 2024
a4 starting from: how do i get hired? can/should i try to hide disabilities applying or working? what when readers or employer thinks one can’t be a reported because eg deaf/blind/autistic/wheelchair user etc? every story is a further struggle #axschat
Q4 What challenges do disabled reporters face in getting their stories heard? How do we ensure diverse voices are heard? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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By the way another thing for folk interested in this is to look up @TheDJP_, a unique project working with disabled journalists in the global south and coming out with brilliant documentaries and reporting
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Q3 Why is it essential for the voices of the Global South to be included in disability reporting and advocacy? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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The first challenge is getting our foot - or wheel, or cane - in the door. Journalism opportunities are extremely limited.
The answer is simple: support disabled journalists and their work. Money, clicks, it all counts.
We get the media we pay attention to.
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Q4 What challenges do disabled reporters face in getting their stories heard? How do we ensure diverse voices are heard? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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On @DisDebrief I share work from folk around the world:
Raja on women with disabilities in Yemen disabilitydebrief.org/debrie…
Ida Putri on her journey to activism in Indonesia
disabilitydebrief.org/debrie…
@whatnowanna on accessible livelihoods in India
disabilitydebrief.org/debrie…
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Q3 Why is it essential for the voices of the Global South to be included in disability reporting and advocacy? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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Too much of disability discourse comes from people in the US/UK.
I appreciate I'm another British white guy but in my work @DisDebrief I work hard to cover stories not told elsewhere and bring in authors from all over.
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Q3 Why is it essential for the voices of the Global South to be included in disability reporting and advocacy? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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I think it needs to look at what's working as well as what isn't – too many either take one side or the other. In my reporting I try hard for balance.
In this piece on the crisis at International Disability Alliance I got comment from all sides:
disabilitydebrief.org/debrie…
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Q2 How can investigative reporting highlight the breakdown in disability inclusion efforts globally? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief #SDGs
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Journalism gives us tools to get to the facts, and a framework through which we can explore the most sensitive and critical subjects.
And putting the facts out there is critical for transparency and accountability of our movement.
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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/debrie…
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Q1 Why is it critical for people with disabilities to lead investigative reporting on issues affecting our community? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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We need reporting not just to share what impacts disabled people in the wider world but also how the organisations that are meant to be supporting us work.
I'm not obsessed that every reporter on disability be a disabled person, but we definitely need more.
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Q1 Why is it critical for people with disabilities to lead investigative reporting on issues affecting our community? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #DisabilityDebrief
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Happy to join #AXSChat tonight to talk about reporting on disability issues and to continue the conversation from our recent podcast
buzzsprout.com/719037/episod…
@AXSChat @NeilMilliken @debraruh @AkwyZ #AXSChat
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Peter Torres Fremlin / @desibility.bsky.social retweeted
18 Oct 2024
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/episod…
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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”.
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The review scrutinises the former IDA leadership with findings that include an allegations of “clear signs of mismanagement and corrupt behaviour” and of examples of “bullying, harassment, and undue/inappropriate interference”.
IDA has accepted the report in full.
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In my view this was a collective failure. We need to understand what happened to make sure it doesn't happen again.
See the article for exclusive reactions from those involved:
disabilitydebrief.org/debrie…
With illustration from @sonakshaiyengar 🙏🏼
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