Alberto Vásquez Encalada

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

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.