Resources
Learning more about Neurodiversity, Madness, or Disability can be a daunting task. 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, resources, or other organizations, 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.
Reading List
“This is a rolling list of writings about Neurodiversity, Madness, and Disability I’ve put together. 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
Neurodiversity
Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm By Nick Walker
Don’t Mourn for Us By Jim Sinclair
Why I Dislike Person First Language By Jim Sinclair
Clinically Significant Disturbance: On Theorists Who Theorize Theory of Mind By M. Remi Yergeau
The Neurodiversity Movements Needs Its Shoes Off, and Fists Up By Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown
Autism, Inc.: The Autism Industrial Complex By Alicia A. Broderick and Robin Roscigno
Disability Justice
Skin, Tooth & Bone: A Disability Justice Primer By Sins Invalid
10 Principles of Disability Justice By Sins Invalid
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 but not Crazy: On “Suicide” and the “Psy Complex” By Louise Tam
Quagmires of Affect: Madness, Labor, Whiteness, and Ideological Disavowal By Rachel Gorman
Stigma, Racism and Power By Suman Fernando
Roots of Racism in Western Psychiatry By Suman Fernando
Mad Studies: Maddening Social Work By Dr. Brenda LeFrancois (Video)
History of Madness By Michel Foucault (Available for purchase)
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 Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown
Crip Theory
Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability By Robert McRuer (Available for Purchase)