Project, devoted to creating a new view of mental illness. DuBrul has been quoted as claiming he has "superpowers" due to his allegedly heightened sensitivity to his surroundings. The Icarus Project is an online, international radical community support network and media project with over 14,000 participants. It has numerous local groups across North America and has released a number of publications. Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness; A Reader and Roadmap of Bipolar Worlds was published by the Icarus Project in March 2004 and is currently in its 10th printing. Tours and teaching Shortly after the Icarus launched, DuBrul embarked on a tour of North America, facilitating workshops and leading discussions on alternative conceptions of mental illness and wellness. After the tour, Dubrul worked with McNamara and other Icarus members to create a guide for creating community support around madness and mental health. This was published under the title "Friends Make the Best Medicine." In 2007, DuBrul and a group of fellow Icarus Project members organized the "Mad Gifts Tour." As part of this tour, the group visited Virginia Tech soon after the April 16th massacre of 32 students, which stirred controversy about mental health on college campuses. DuBrul toured Europe in 2011, facilitating workshops and giving talks about radical mental health support. During the summers of 2010 and 2012, he co-taught month long seminars at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. In the Spring of 2013, in conjunction with the release of his book, Maps to the Other Side, DuBrul, along with Icarus Project co-founder Ashley Jacks McNamara, toured the United States giving readings, and conducting workshops and discussions on mental health. Public Mental System and the Mad Underground After 12 years, DuBrul stepped back from his work with the Icarus Project to train as a clinician in the public mental health system. He attended social work school at Silberman School of Social Work, which included a year long internship (in dialogic practice) with the Parachute Project, and he was then hired by the Center for Practice Innovations at the New York State Psychiatric Institute as a trainer of Peer Specialists in First Episode Psychosis programs. While at the Institute, he was the first author for the Peer Specialist manual for OnTrackNY. During this period, DuBrul also helped to develop the Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA), a training institute for mental health workers. This institute