Brigit McWade, Damian Milton & Peter Beresford (2015) Mad studies and neurodiversity: a dialogue, Disability & Society, 30:2, 305-309,

Presentation of texts: Andreia Dickinson and Tiago Pires Marques

Guest readers: Tiago Pires Marques; Cláudia Nogueira; Jijian Voronka; Luis Sá Fernandes (tbc)

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Bio notes

Cláudia Nogueira, PhD. in Sociology, associate researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra and member of the Portuguese team of FRANET (2022-2026) - the multidisciplinary research network of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights. Nogueira has participated in research projects in the field of public policies for mental health and disability. In particular, she took part in a pioneering study in Portugal on psychiatric deinstitutionalisation and, more recently, in the project “Protecting the Fundamental Rights of People with Disabilities Living in Institutions”. Her current research interests include issues related to the critique of biomedical reductionism, integrality in health policies, “other” approaches/epistemologies in the care of psychic suffering and the role of the spiritual dimension in the ethics of care.

Jijian Voronka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary and Critical Studies at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Treaty 2 territory. A madwoman for life, her research uses Critical Disability and Mad Studies to explore: the consequences of equity diversity and inclusion practices for disabled people; sites of confinement in the age of deinstitutionalization; and teaching and learning through disability justice frameworks. She is invested in working collaboratively with others who are often labeled difficult or different to co-produce knowledge.

Tiago Pires Marques