Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sean - 23 May 1997
It is not insignificant, but neither is it the most important aspect. It is undoubtedly a part of me, and those who fail to recognize that miss the whole me. I can be made more or less significant by the attitudes and behaviors of others.
Do you think it’s an insignificant part of your real life, or the most important aspect of you? continues »
by Sean -
Some “friends” have never spoken to me since. Others still ask “Are you still in that wheelchair then?” after more than ten years!
What was the oddest reaction from friends/family? continues »
by Sean -
It was never actually broken to me by the Doctors, by the time a physiotherapist told me, I knew myself. In fact, I knew, or at least suspected that I had a SCI whilst lying on the ground waiting for the ParaMedics.
by Sean -
I fell about 30 feet at my workplace and sustained a burst fracture of L1 and 4. This kind of injury doesn’t always result in SCI but I unknowingly was born with a narrower than usual spinal canal and the resultant swelling of the cord caused the paraplegia. L1 (Incomplete) Roughly speaking that is just below the navel at the front rising a bit higher at the back.
by Sean -
Quite soon really, at least on a conscious level. All along I have found the physical side easier to deal with than the way others have treated me. You can learn to cope with all of the physical limitations its the discrimination and stereotyping that you never quite expect.
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