Alberto Vásquez Encalada

Alberto is a Mad/disability activist based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a Peruvian lawyer, co-director of Mad Thinking, and one of the founding members of RedEsfera.

The Weight of the House We Built

Rethinking representation of people with disabilities and the role of OPDs

20 May 2026

A digital illustration of a line of people struggling to carry a heavy house labeled "OPD".

We Wanted to Change the World

The risks professionalisation poses to an authentic disability movement

11 Jun 2025

A digital illustration showing a hiker caught between a road across a dangerous river and a beautiful car.

Don’t shut the door behind you

Gatekeeping undermines the disability movement

13 Mar 2024

Watercolour illustration of a wooden gate, closed. The gate doors have the shape of an x on them, and green grass in front.