Programme

26 May, 14h-16h. Intersections between the politics of neurodiversity and the social model of disability

Ne’eman, A., & Pellicano, E. (2022). Neurodiversity as politics. Human development, 66(2), 149.

Lawson, A., & Beckett, A. E. (2020). The social and human rights models of disability: towards a complementarity thesis. The International Journal of Human Rights, 25(2), 348–379. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2020.1783533

Presentation of texts: Rita Serra and Fernando Fontes

Guest readers: Catarina Vitorino and Adelaide Cruz (tbc)
 

28 July, 14h-16h. Dialogues between neurodiversity and mad studies

Brigit McWade, Damian Milton & Peter Beresford (2015) Mad studies and neurodiversity: a dialogue, Disability & Society, 30:2, 305-309, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2014.1000512

Presentation of texts: Andreia Dickinson and Tiago Pires Marques

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

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.
 

29 September, 14h-16h. Co-occurrences and chronic illnesses 

Shaw, S. C., Carravallah, L., Johnson, M., O’Sullivan, J., Chown, N., Neilson, S., & Doherty, M. (2023). Barriers to healthcare and a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults: A qualitative study. Autism, 28(7), 1746-1757. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231205629 (Original work published 2024)

Presentation of texts: Sofia Perestrelo and Mara Pieri (tbc)

Guest readers: Sofia Perestrelo, Mara Pieri and Ana Be Pereira (tbc)

Bio note

Sofia Perestrelo, Specialist in general nd family medicine since 2008 at ULS Matosinhos. Holds a degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. Memebr of the advisory board of the Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista (APVA)

24 November, 14-16h. Inclusive research with people in vulnerable situations: ethical and methodological issues

Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D., Kapp, S. K., Baggs, A., Ashkenazy, E., McDonald, K., Weiner, M., Maslak, J., Hunter, M. & Joyce, A. (2019). The AASPIRE practice-based guidelines for the inclusion of autistic adults in research as co-researchers and study participants. Autism, 23(8), 2007-2019.

Botha, M. & Cage, E. (2022). “Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1050897

Barnes, C. (2003). What a Difference a Decade Makes: Reflections on doing ‘emancipatory’ disability research. Disability & Society, 18(1), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/713662197

Presentation of texts: Rita Serra, Fernando Fontes e Andreia Dickinson

Guest readers: Paula Campos Pinto, Júlia Garraio