This is a brief announcement that a significant number of abstracts have been accepted for the special issue ‘Critical and Intersectional ADHD Thought: ADHDers Think Back’, to be published in the open access (and thus freely accessible) online journal Canadian Journal of Disability Studies (CJDS). The special issue is organised by Dr Eric Olund and yours truly (Dr Dyi Huijg). A first round of abstracts was accepted in 2022, then we invited additional abstracts in 2024 (recently). Unfortunately, due to circumstances we had to depart from the workshops that we planned initially. But still: only ADHDers contribute. The abstracts are very interdisciplinary – including a few artistic/creative contributions. And they both (1) push back against the medical/individual model of ADHD and (2) push forward the critical and intersectional thinking about ADHDness. We are very excited and really look forward to writing our own articles and reading all the papers of the other contributors. As the field of Critical and Intersectional ADHD Thought is emerging, we expect that there will be a significant time in between the submission of articles to the CJDS and the reviewing and rerturn of articles as, this being an emerging field, there are no ‘experts’ as of yet. As such, it will take possibly more time than publishing already takes before the individual articles and the special issue will be up. While not in workshop-format, from the abstracts we have been able to propose a number of symposia (pre-organised panels around a specific theme) for the Leeds Disability Studies Conference 2024, for those who are up for it. So that is something to look forward to in the interim :). I will keep you updated about the progress!
Find here the 2024 Call for (additional) Papers for the special issue ‘Critical and Intersectional ADHD Thought: ADHDers Think Back’, so that you have an idea what to expect from the special issue.