Resources
Learning more about Neurodiversity and/or Madness can be a daunting task. Learning how to navigate the Neurotypical and sanist structures can prove even harder. This is why NeuroTales has built a resource page! This page holds a rolling list of resources to aid both members within our group and any curious visitor who finds our site. Whether you are looking for literature, events for Neurodivergent/Mad folk, or tools for self-advocacy, this page has you covered. If you are looking for a broader overview of Neurodiversity and/or Madness, feel free to visit our “What’s Neurodiversity and Madness?” page.
Resources from Drea and The Great Canadian Theatre Company
A huge thanks to GCTC’s Access Coordinator Drea. Drea has put together a rolling resource google doc for NeuroTales and has graciously given us permission to share it here. In addition to the resources we’ve curated below, this google doc has a plethora of options to explore. We highly recommend taking a look. You can access the google doc by using the button below!
Toolkits and Guides
MindFreedom International’s Organizing Guide for Psychiatric Survivors
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Policy Toolkits
BBC Neurodiversity Environment Checklist
Neurodiversity and Mad Spaces Slides (from NeuroTales member Rachel Leibovitz)
Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide
Reading List
“This is a rolling list of writings about Neurodiversity, Madness, and (Dis)ability I’ve put together for your reading. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but rather an assortment of pieces that I have personally found useful, and hope you do too.” – Cortland Nesley
Autism and Neurodiversity
Don’t Mourn for Us By Jim Sinclair
Clinically Significant Disturbance: On Theorists Who Theorize Theory of Mind By Melanie Yergeau
The Neurodiversity Movements Needs Its Shoes Off, and Fists Up By Lydia X.Z Brown
Autism, Inc.: The Autism Industrial Complex By Alicia A. Broderick and Robin Roscigno
Social Models of (Dis)ability and Disability Justice
Why I Dislike Person First Language By Jim Sinclair
Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm By Nick Walker
I’m Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much By Stella Young
Access Intimacy: The Missing Link By Mia Mingus
Access Intimacy, Interdependence and Disability Justice By Mia Mingus
Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability By Mia Mingus
Critical Disability Theory
Critical Disability Theory Overview By Melinda C. Hall
Enabling Whom? Critical Disability Studies Now By Julie Avril Minich
Critical Disability Studies as Methodology By Sami Schalk
Identity Politics and Disability Studies: A Critique of Recent Theory By Anna Mollow
We Exist Because They Exist By Devi Mucina
Mad Studies
The Ex-Patients’ Movement: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going By Judi Chamberlin
Confessions of a Non-Compliant Patient By Judi Chamberlin
Mad Studies: Maddening Social Work By Dr. Brenda LeFrancois (Video)
History of Madness By Michel Foucault (Available for purchase)
Race and the Psy-Complex
Stigma, Racism and Power By Suman Fernando
Roots of Racism in Western Psychiatry By Suman Fernando
Mad but not Crazy: On “Suicide” and the “Psy Complex” By Louise Tam
Quagmires of Affect: Madness, Labor, Whiteness, and Ideological Disavowal By Rachel Gorman
Eugenics and Ableism
Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States By Lisa Ko
Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortion: A Challenge to Practice and Policy By Adrienne Asch
Why I Haven’t Changed My Mind About Prenatal Diagnosis: Reflections and Refinements By Adrienne Asch
Death without Dignity: The Dangers of Assisted Suicide By Lydia Brown
Crip Theory
Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability By Robert McRuer (Available for Purchase)