Peer community

Fireweed Collective

New York, NY, United States

Peer-led network for people who identify as mad, crazy, or mentally ill, founded in 2002 as the Icarus Project and renamed in 2020. Runs peer support groups, workshops, and trainings centering disabled, Black, and queer communities.

Focus

Mad Pride and psychiatric survivors, Bipolar, Psychosis and schizophrenia, Neurodiversity, cross-neurotype

Leadership

Neurodivergent-led

Where

In person and online

Languages

English

Since

2002

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