Thanks for sharing Dee!

New advice column, by and for people with disabilities (of all types). Recommended if that's your jam 🙂

An illustration of a woman holding a tray as two others reach over and take from it. The woman is wearing blue, and the tray has a glass of lemon water and a chocolate bar. The two others are wearing red, with blue smiling masks covering their faces. One has a straw to sip the drink of the woman.

“As a young autistic woman, how can I figure out if someone is using me or if they are genuine? I don’t want to go around being bitter and not trusting anyone.”

A new disability advice column by @teawithhb.com. Dear HB: an agony aunt in constant agony.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/am-i...

I'm a bit unclear myself - tbh I don't remember seeing a "this is what we allow on a ghost.org-hosted newsletter, this is what we don't"

that page is about participating in forums, not about what one publishes?

- a fellow ghostie

Ah yeah I don't know Beehiiv so well at all, but did recommend to people as one that gave a free option for a wider use. Ghost costs money from the start.

But given ways of of our tech overlords, I guess I'm happier and happier to be on Ghost

has been on Ghost for a while 😇

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Made by humans, for humans Why Disability Debrief doesn’t use AI (and when it does)

What does “nothing about us without us” mean if our words are written by machines?

I get that AI can be an assistive tool, but if we adopt it recklessly, we undermine an essential component of disability advocacy: how we share our lived experience.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/made...

sadly that message so relevant!

thanks for sharing Gretchen - and well done for making it work!

oh I missed this! thanks for sharing

How different countries approach assisted dying Dignity, autonomous choice, and the slippery slope

How different countries approach assisted dying www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/coun... #a11y

Spotlight or Substance? The Zero Project 2026 and what's missing from disability lists

Disability lists, wheelchairing in the snow, and what does winning look like?

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/spot...

Thank you! and good to be connected here also :)

I use italki to find tutors, and anki to use flashcards (i make the flashcards myself)

Aw thanks for recommending Robert!

How different countries approach assisted dying Dignity, autonomous choice, and the slippery slope

Much of the disability movement is against assisted dying, but disabled people have also been at the forefront of demanding access to it.

This article takes a step back to see the complexities of what's at stake, in terms of policy & personal experiences.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/coun...

Together as a collective force Debrief readers, relevant stories, and more from the mailbag

Do personal stories ignore global inequity? One Disability Debrief reader thought so.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/coll...

Thanks Phil!

Do disabled artists have to be activists? Reflecting on 10 years of making disability media

Are disabled artists allowed to tell the stories we want? What's the relationship between art and activism? And can art actually end ableism?

In my new essay, I reflect on 10 years of making disability media. www.bodybabble.com/p/do-disable...

“The parents distance themselves from the harm they inflict by telling themselves it comes from a place of love.”

Illustration of a magical scene of a woman and child sitting across from a table from each other. They are Black, and sit with hands outstretched towards each other but not meeting. On the ground, there are large cracks appearing, broken chains, and a knife. They are framed by growing plants and sparkling stars, and outside of that, by healing beads that are breaking apart.

"I teach my students to be bold warriors against any mistreatment, to find their own place in our culture. But I'm not able to do that in my own case."

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/root...

Great to hear it resonated with you 🙏🏼 how are you navigating community?

Really loved reading this and the voice you are writing in Naomi. Can't wait for the next instalment and many more.

Dhaka pre-election diary (pt 1, possibly, of 2) January 6-19 2026

I spent the month in pre-election Dhaka, and heard a lot of conspiracy theories

Digital illustration close-up on person making a sign with their hands, one of which holds a nut and is stained in oil. The person, who is black, touches their fingers together, one palm on top of another, forming a triangular shape. Their shirt is also stained.

On the fruits and flaws of disability community: "You can’t pick palm nuts without your hands getting oily".

Alexander Ogheneruemu writes about Deaf community in Nigeria, how it liberated him and others at the same time as its challenges and corruption.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/pick...

Thank you Phil!

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Searching for silence Tinnitus 1 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago

"Silence has long been one of my dearest companions. But over the past months it has abandoned me."

Tharā Gabriel evocatively shares her experience of tinnitus the impact on her life, and the search for an assistive technology that might help - or hurt.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/sear...