What went wrong? Uncovering the Crisis at the International Disability Alliance
The following is an introduction to an important blog by Peter Torres Fremlin, a report which uncovers the crisis at the International Disability Alliance (IDA). Peter looks into what went wrong at the International disability Alliance – not only to inform us, but to help hold this largest global representative organisation for disabled people to account.
The IDA have been very quiet about the crisis, and this lack of transparency, despite the uncovering of so many issues, is unacceptable. The way to advance the rights of all people with disabilities, is to include us all, to be trans[parent, and to ensure the advocacy is not corrupt. Thank you Peter, for always keeping us informed.
BY PETER TORRES FREMLIN SEP 11, 2024.
Dear Defriefers,
Earlier in the year I wrote about the crisis at the International Disability Alliance (IDA), the leading organisation representing persons with disabilities on the global stage. It sent shockwaves through our international movement fighting for disability rights.
In order to move forward we need a shared reference on what happened. It’s painful to explore, but without knowing what went wrong, we don’t know what needs to be fixed.
It was a crisis that was years in the making and that came to a head in an independent review. This edition sheds light on a complex picture of governance failures, challenges of providing disability support, and exclusive commentary from those involved.
In my view the lack of oversight of IDA was a collective failure of its alliance. But now there’s a genuine opportunity for course correction…
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