DST 500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intersectionality, Social Exclusion, Main Source

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DST 500
• Professor: Jenna Reid

Document Summary

Mel starkman- first cd advocate for archiving mad history. Many groups in mental patients liberation movement (mplm) use self-help. Minimal group coordination, but there"s a virtual identity of purpose. C 15th c, age of faith age of reason. Psych inmates are victims--not of madness, but of efforts to pidgeonhole and. Then: had to be explained, but we can"t solve their problem scientifially. Rd laing et al- madness as altered mode of consciousness, not a pathological condition. Tried to de-medicalize illness, but inmate experience was still invalid, still defined in ideological terms. Gay liberation movement- their rebellion when gay used to be called an mi = made mad people question things. Self-help: turn away from culture of professionalism because they were ignored. Take power back from the professionals because they don"t always know what"s best. Speak for the patients, but eventually became an institutionalized structure, trying to educate people to adjust to our society.