About this Journal
Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) is the journal of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary and international journal of interest to social scientists, scholars in the humanities and arts, disability rights advocates, and others concerned with the issues of people with disabilities. It represents the full range of methods, epistemologies, perspectives, and content that the field of disability studies embraces. DSQ is committed to developing theoretical and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society. (ISSN: 1041-5718; eISSN: 2159-8371)
Volume 44 • Issue 5 • 2025 • Special Issue: Mad Methods
Prefatory Matter
Introduction: Mad Methods, Methods of Madness
Efrat Gold and Michael Rembis
2025-12-10 Volume 44 • Issue 5 • 2025 • Special Issue: Mad Methods
Mad Identities
Finding a home in madness: Hermit crab essays as creative research method & pedagogy
Leanne Toshiko Simpson, Rowan McCandless and Sara Hashemi
2025-12-10 Volume 44 • Issue 5 • 2025 • Special Issue: Mad Methods