Links to some good peer movement history by those who lived during this history:

1. History of the Consumer/Survivor Movement by Gayle Bluebird

https://power2u.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/History-of-the-Consumer-Survivor-Movement-by-Gayle-Bluebird.pdf

2. History of Insanity and the Evolution of the Peer Recovery Movement - Prepared and presented by Michael Hlebechuk

https://www.oregon.gov/deiconference/Documents/Hlebechuk_Michael%20History%20of%20Insanity%20and%20the%20Evolution%20of%20the%20Peer%20Recovery%20Movement.pdf

3. The History of the Consumer Movement and Peer Supports - Presented by Patrick Hendry

https://nasmhpd.org/sites/default/files/Peer%20Supports.Patrick%20Hendry.pdf

4. Milestones of the Consumer/Survivor/Ex-­‐patient (C/S/X) Movement for Social Justice - by Pat Risser 

https://www.ncmhr.org/downloads/ADA-Legacy-Project-Mental-Health-CSX-Movement-History-Milestones.pdf

VIDEOS OF The Movement History in the Words of the First Activists: